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diff --git a/searx/webutils.py b/searx/webutils.py
index 737e5a82f..11a101806 100644
--- a/searx/webutils.py
+++ b/searx/webutils.py
@@ -77,14 +77,7 @@ def get_result_templates(templates_path):
def new_hmac(secret_key, url):
- try:
- secret_key_bytes = bytes(secret_key, 'utf-8')
- except TypeError as err:
- if isinstance(secret_key, bytes):
- secret_key_bytes = secret_key
- else:
- raise err
- return hmac.new(secret_key_bytes, url, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
+ return hmac.new(secret_key.encode(), url, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
def prettify_url(url, max_length=74):