diff --git a/searx/engines/startpage.py b/searx/engines/startpage.py
index 3e067597e..a52d9128d 100644
--- a/searx/engines/startpage.py
+++ b/searx/engines/startpage.py
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ def response(resp):
         if re.match(r"^http(s|)://(www\.)?startpage\.com/do/search\?.*$", url):
             continue
 
-        # block ixquick search url's
-        if re.match(r"^http(s|)://(www\.)?ixquick\.com/do/search\?.*$", url):
-            continue
-
         title = extract_text(link)
 
         if result.xpath('./p[@class="desc clk"]'):