diff --git a/searx/engines/podcastindex.py b/searx/engines/podcastindex.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e9a927838..000000000
--- a/searx/engines/podcastindex.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-"""Podcast Index"""
-
-from urllib.parse import quote_plus
-from datetime import datetime
-
-about = {
-    'website': 'https://podcastindex.org',
-    'official_api_documentation': None,  # requires an account
-    'use_official_api': False,
-    'require_api_key': False,
-    'results': 'JSON',
-}
-categories = []
-
-base_url = "https://podcastindex.org"
-
-
-def request(query, params):
-    params['url'] = f"{base_url}/api/search/byterm?q={quote_plus(query)}"
-    return params
-
-
-def response(resp):
-    results = []
-
-    json = resp.json()
-
-    for result in json['feeds']:
-        results.append(
-            {
-                'url': result['link'],
-                'title': result['title'],
-                'content': result['description'],
-                'thumbnail': result['image'],
-                'publishedDate': datetime.fromtimestamp(result['newestItemPubdate']),
-                'metadata': f"{result['author']}, {result['episodeCount']} episodes",
-            }
-        )
-
-    return results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index ea93b919a..7a98b0594 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1697,10 +1697,6 @@ engines:
       # image proxy of https://pixiv.perennialte.ch
       # - https://pximg.perennialte.ch
 
-  - name: podcastindex
-    engine: podcastindex
-    shortcut: podcast
-
   # Required dependency: psychopg2
   #  - name: postgresql
   #    engine: postgresql