diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py
index 650e09dcda3..30e1e5a751c 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py
@@ -145,14 +145,15 @@ class SimpleRepositoryRootPage:
     """
 
     def search(self, query: str | list[str]) -> list[str]:
-        results: list[str] = []
-        tokens = query if isinstance(query, list) else [query]
-
-        for name in self.package_names:
-            if any(token in name for token in tokens):
-                results.append(name)
-
-        return results
+        if isinstance(query, str):
+            # performance shortcut
+            # We could also create a list from query and use the more general code below,
+            # but this is a common case that we can optimize for.
+            return [name for name in self.package_names if query in name]
+
+        return [
+            name for name in self.package_names if any(token in name for token in query)
+        ]
 
     @cached_property
     def package_names(self) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/repository.py b/src/poetry/repositories/repository.py
index 8ae12bf6afa..c64349a5f6c 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/repository.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/repository.py
@@ -74,14 +74,17 @@ def add_package(self, package: Package) -> None:
         self._packages.append(package)
 
     def search(self, query: str | list[str]) -> list[Package]:
-        results: list[Package] = []
-        tokens = query if isinstance(query, list) else [query]
+        if isinstance(query, str):
+            # performance shortcut
+            # We could also create a list from query and use the more general code below,
+            # but this is a common case that we can optimize for.
+            return [package for package in self.packages if query in package.name]
 
-        for package in self.packages:
-            if any(token in package.name for token in tokens):
-                results.append(package)
-
-        return results
+        return [
+            package
+            for package in self.packages
+            if any(token in package.name for token in query)
+        ]
 
     def _find_packages(
         self, name: NormalizedName, constraint: VersionConstraint
diff --git a/tests/repositories/test_repository.py b/tests/repositories/test_repository.py
index 54628c49fe6..8e9f14837e5 100644
--- a/tests/repositories/test_repository.py
+++ b/tests/repositories/test_repository.py
@@ -108,4 +108,5 @@ def test_search() -> None:
 
     assert repo.search("foo") == [package_foo1, package_foo2, package_foobar]
     assert repo.search("bar") == [package_foobar]
+    assert repo.search(["foo", "bar"]) == [package_foo1, package_foo2, package_foobar]
     assert repo.search("nothing") == []