diff --git a/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py b/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py
index 3abb27c0d8eaba1c8e5ac09122a2a0e7d62aab09..1bd6134e0d99a4e2be9282da3cef48ab6dd8e1de 100644
--- a/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py
+++ b/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'ajax_select',
     'captcha',
     'guardian',
-    'haystack',
+    # 'haystack',
     'rest_framework',
     'sphinxdoc',
     'commentaries',
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'webpack_loader',
 )
 
-HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'haystack.backends.whoosh_backend.WhooshEngine',
-        'PATH': 'local_files/haystack/',
-    },
-}
+# HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
+#     'default': {
+#         'ENGINE': 'haystack.backends.whoosh_backend.WhooshEngine',
+#         'PATH': 'local_files/haystack/',
+#     },
+# }
 
 SPHINXDOC_BASE_TEMPLATE = 'scipost/base.html'
 SPHINXDOC_PROTECTED_PROJECTS = {
diff --git a/scipost/urls.py b/scipost/urls.py
index eb36c827b2913fe26406a8324c5bc1d35594b782..71d914230408fe0c8b94779cb33f014f3b98219a 100644
--- a/scipost/urls.py
+++ b/scipost/urls.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     # Search
     url(r'^search$', views.search, name='search'),
-    url(r'^search/', include('haystack.urls')),
 
     ################
     # Contributors: