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diff --git a/searx/settings.py b/searx/settings.py
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index cdddff589..000000000
--- a/searx/settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-import collections.abc
-
-import yaml
-from searx.exceptions import SearxSettingsException
-from os import environ
-from os.path import dirname, join, abspath, isfile
-
-
-searx_dir = abspath(dirname(__file__))
-
-
-def check_settings_yml(file_name):
-    if isfile(file_name):
-        return file_name
-    else:
-        return None
-
-
-def load_yaml(file_name):
-    try:
-        with open(file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as settings_yaml:
-            settings = yaml.safe_load(settings_yaml)
-            if not isinstance(settings, dict) or len(settings) == 0:
-                raise SearxSettingsException('Empty file', file_name)
-            return settings
-    except IOError as e:
-        raise SearxSettingsException(e, file_name)
-    except yaml.YAMLError as e:
-        raise SearxSettingsException(e, file_name)
-
-
-def get_default_settings_path():
-    return check_settings_yml(join(searx_dir, 'settings.yml'))
-
-
-def get_user_settings_path():
-    # find location of settings.yml
-    if 'SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH' in environ:
-        # if possible set path to settings using the
-        # enviroment variable SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH
-        return check_settings_yml(environ['SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH'])
-    else:
-        # if not, get it from searx code base or last solution from /etc/searx
-        return check_settings_yml('/etc/searx/settings.yml')
-
-
-def update_dict(d, u):
-    for k, v in u.items():
-        if isinstance(v, collections.abc.Mapping):
-            d[k] = update_dict(d.get(k, {}), v)
-        else:
-            d[k] = v
-    return d
-
-
-def update_settings(default_settings, user_settings):
-    for k, v in user_settings.items():
-        if k == 'use_default_settings':
-            continue
-        elif k == 'engines':
-            default_engines = default_settings[k]
-            default_engines_dict = dict((definition['name'], definition) for definition in default_engines)
-            default_settings[k] = [update_dict(default_engines_dict[definition['name']], definition)
-                                   for definition in v]
-        else:
-            update_dict(default_settings[k], v)
-
-    return default_settings
-
-
-def load_settings(load_user_setttings=True):
-    default_settings_path = get_default_settings_path()
-    user_settings_path = get_user_settings_path()
-    if user_settings_path is None or not load_user_setttings:
-        # no user settings
-        return (load_yaml(default_settings_path),
-                'load the default settings from {}'.format(default_settings_path))
-
-    # user settings
-    user_settings = load_yaml(user_settings_path)
-    if user_settings.get('use_default_settings'):
-        # the user settings are merged with the default configuration
-        default_settings = load_yaml(default_settings_path)
-        update_settings(default_settings, user_settings)
-        return (default_settings,
-                'merge the default settings ( {} ) and the user setttings ( {} )'
-                .format(default_settings_path, user_settings_path))
-
-    # the user settings, fully replace the default configuration
-    return (user_settings,
-            'load the user settings from {}'.format(user_settings_path))