1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/searx/answerers/__init__.py b/searx/answerers/__init__.py
index 444316f11..47cc33ed3 100644
--- a/searx/answerers/__init__.py
+++ b/searx/answerers/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 from os import listdir
 from os.path import realpath, dirname, join, isdir
-from sys import version_info
 from searx.utils import load_module
 from collections import defaultdict
 
-if version_info[0] == 3:
-    unicode = str
-
 
 answerers_dir = dirname(realpath(__file__))
 
@@ -36,10 +32,10 @@ def ask(query):
     results = []
     query_parts = list(filter(None, query.query.split()))
 
-    if query_parts[0].decode('utf-8') not in answerers_by_keywords:
+    if query_parts[0].decode() not in answerers_by_keywords:
         return results
 
-    for answerer in answerers_by_keywords[query_parts[0].decode('utf-8')]:
+    for answerer in answerers_by_keywords[query_parts[0].decode()]:
         result = answerer(query)
         if result:
             results.append(result)