diff --git a/searx/raise_for_httperror/__init__.py b/searx/raise_for_httperror/__init__.py
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index b133da507..000000000
--- a/searx/raise_for_httperror/__init__.py
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# compatibility with searx/searx
-from searx.network import raise_for_httperror