diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread_plugin.py
index d520b42fae..54f19cf814 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread_plugin.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class MobileReadStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
         matches = heapq.nlargest(max_results, matches)
         for score, book in matches:
             book.price = '$0.00'
+            book.drm = False
             yield book
 
     def update_book_list(self, timeout=10):