diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 4f7601f30d03d05f4804893bac2890479ca6d1c0..837e583aa915c8f12c4047473f3b136e9413488a 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ brand:
     public_instances: https://searx.space
     wiki_url: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/spot/wiki
     twitter_url: https://twitter.com/e_mydata
-    searx_version: 1.0.0
 
 search:
     safe_search : 1 # Filter results. 0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict
diff --git a/searx/templates/etheme/base.html b/searx/templates/etheme/base.html
index 261b7e47ac4f6802ef68a17a74e318222d524184..6c83864b445c169c2d736bb9a6c461433bc2ee0e 100644
--- a/searx/templates/etheme/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/etheme/base.html
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@
         {% endblock %}
         <p class="text-muted">
             <small>
-                e Foundation 2018-{{ year }},
-                {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ repo_url }}">Spot</a> {{ version[0] }}<br/>
-                An open-source metasearch engine forked from <a href="https://searx.github.io/searx/">Searx</a> {{ searx_version }}.
                 <span class="links">
                     <a href="{{url_for('about')}}">{{ _('About') }}</a>
                     <a href="https://e.foundation/legal-notice-privacy">{{ _('Privacy') }}</a>
-                </span>
+                </span></br>
+                e Foundation 2018-{{ year }},
+                {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ repo_url }}">Spot</a> {{ version[0] }}<br/>
+                An open-source metasearch engine forked from <a href="https://searx.github.io/searx/">Searx</a>
             </small>
         </p>
     </footer>
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index cb7b307bd1b697a4e1418eb12e0cf277cd08cb3a..1ea22adaf7ea49fa93b90c12a4a87f0f31197726 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -425,8 +425,6 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
 
     kwargs['spot_version'] = VERSION_STRING
 
-    kwargs['searx_version'] = settings.get('brand').get('searx_version')
-
     kwargs['year'] = datetime.today().year
 
     kwargs['repo_url'] = settings['brand']['git_url']