diff --git a/docs/dev/engines/online/loc.rst b/docs/dev/engines/online/loc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c9311ebc6..000000000
--- a/docs/dev/engines/online/loc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.. _loc engine:
-
-===================
-Library of Congress
-===================
-
-.. automodule:: searx.engines.loc
-  :members:
diff --git a/searx/engines/loc.py b/searx/engines/loc.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 919be7d26..000000000
--- a/searx/engines/loc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-"""Library of Congress: query Photo, Print and Drawing from API endpoint_
-``photos``.
-
-.. _endpoint: https://www.loc.gov/apis/json-and-yaml/requests/endpoints/
-
-.. note::
-
-   Beside the ``photos`` endpoint_ there are more endpoints available / we are
-   looking forward for contributions implementing more endpoints.
-
-"""
-
-from urllib.parse import urlencode
-from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
-
-about = {
-    "website": 'https://www.loc.gov/pictures/',
-    "wikidata_id": 'Q131454',
-    "official_api_documentation": 'https://www.loc.gov/api',
-    "use_official_api": True,
-    "require_api_key": False,
-    "results": 'JSON',
-}
-
-categories = ['images']
-paging = True
-
-endpoint = 'photos'
-base_url = 'https://www.loc.gov'
-search_string = "/{endpoint}/?sp={page}&{query}&fo=json"
-
-
-def request(query, params):
-
-    search_path = search_string.format(
-        endpoint=endpoint,
-        query=urlencode({'q': query}),
-        page=params['pageno'],
-    )
-    params['url'] = base_url + search_path
-    params['raise_for_httperror'] = False
-    return params
-
-
-def response(resp):
-
-    results = []
-    json_data = resp.json()
-
-    json_results = json_data.get('results')
-    if not json_results:
-        # when a search term has none results, loc sends a JSON in a HTTP 404
-        # response and the HTTP status code is set in the 'status' element.
-        if json_data.get('status') == 404:
-            return results
-
-    raise_for_httperror(resp)
-
-    for result in json_results:
-
-        url = result["item"].get("link")
-        if not url:
-            continue
-
-        img_list = result.get('image_url')
-        if not img_list:
-            continue
-
-        title = result['title']
-        if title.startswith('['):
-            title = title.strip('[]')
-
-        content_items = [
-            result['item'].get('created_published_date'),
-            result['item'].get('summary', [None])[0],
-            result['item'].get('notes', [None])[0],
-            result['item'].get('part_of', [None])[0],
-        ]
-
-        author = None
-        if result['item'].get('creators'):
-            author = result['item']['creators'][0]['title']
-
-        results.append(
-            {
-                'template': 'images.html',
-                'url': url,
-                'title': title,
-                'content': ' / '.join([i for i in content_items if i]),
-                'img_src': img_list[-1],
-                'thumbnail_src': img_list[0],
-                'author': author,
-            }
-        )
-
-    return results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 1720b195d..f55f21bf8 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1517,12 +1517,6 @@ engines:
     # https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3610
     inactive: true
 
-  - name: library of congress
-    engine: loc
-    shortcut: loc
-    categories: images
-    disabled: true
-
   - name: libretranslate
     engine: libretranslate
     # https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate?tab=readme-ov-file#mirrors