diff --git a/searx/engines/reddit.py b/searx/engines/reddit.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a44594ed..000000000
--- a/searx/engines/reddit.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-"""Reddit"""
-
-import json
-from datetime import datetime
-from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin, urlparse
-
-# about
-about = {
-    "website": 'https://www.reddit.com/',
-    "wikidata_id": 'Q1136',
-    "official_api_documentation": 'https://www.reddit.com/dev/api',
-    "use_official_api": True,
-    "require_api_key": False,
-    "results": 'JSON',
-}
-
-# engine dependent config
-categories = ['social media']
-page_size = 25
-
-# search-url
-base_url = 'https://www.reddit.com/'
-search_url = base_url + 'search.json?{query}'
-
-
-def request(query, params):
-
-    query = urlencode({'q': query, 'limit': page_size})
-    params['url'] = search_url.format(query=query)
-
-    return params
-
-
-def response(resp):
-
-    img_results = []
-    text_results = []
-
-    search_results = json.loads(resp.text)
-
-    # return empty array if there are no results
-    if 'data' not in search_results:
-        return []
-
-    posts = search_results.get('data', {}).get('children', [])
-
-    # process results
-    for post in posts:
-        data = post['data']
-
-        # extract post information
-        params = {'url': urljoin(base_url, data['permalink']), 'title': data['title']}
-
-        # if thumbnail field contains a valid URL, we need to change template
-        thumbnail = data['thumbnail']
-        url_info = urlparse(thumbnail)
-        # netloc & path
-        if url_info[1] != '' and url_info[2] != '':
-            params['img_src'] = data['url']
-            params['thumbnail_src'] = thumbnail
-            params['template'] = 'images.html'
-            img_results.append(params)
-        else:
-            created = datetime.fromtimestamp(data['created_utc'])
-            content = data['selftext']
-            if len(content) > 500:
-                content = content[:500] + '...'
-            params['content'] = content
-            params['publishedDate'] = created
-            text_results.append(params)
-
-    # show images first and text results second
-    return img_results + text_results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index cca7ec375..ab26f1900 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -2141,12 +2141,6 @@ engines:
       require_api_key: false
       results: JSON
 
-  - name: reddit
-    engine: reddit
-    shortcut: re
-    page_size: 25
-    disabled: true
-
   - name: reuters
     engine: reuters
     shortcut: reu