diff -u b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php
--- b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Search/NodeSearch.php
@@ -332,10 +332,7 @@
       unset($build['#theme']);
       $build['#pre_render'][] = array($this, 'removeSubmittedInfo');
 
-      // Fetch comment count for snippet.
       $built = $this->renderer->renderPlain($build);
-      $comment_count = $this->moduleHandler->invoke('comment', 'node_update_index', array($node, $item->langcode));
-      $rendered = SafeMarkup::format('@built @comment_count', ['@built' => $built, '@comment_count' => $comment_count]);
 
       $extra = $this->moduleHandler->invokeAll('node_search_result', array($node, $item->langcode));
 
@@ -352,7 +349,7 @@
         'node' => $node,
         'extra' => $extra,
         'score' => $item->calculated_score,
-        'snippet' => search_excerpt($keys, $rendered, $item->langcode),
+        'snippet' => search_excerpt($keys, $built, $item->langcode),
         'langcode' => $node->language()->getId(),
       );