diff --git a/searx/engines/startpage.py b/searx/engines/startpage.py
index 22da3ab8..d60ecd97 100644
--- a/searx/engines/startpage.py
+++ b/searx/engines/startpage.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #
 # @todo        paging
 
-from urllib import urlencode
 from lxml import html
 from cgi import escape
 import re