diff --git a/bin/localsearch.sh b/bin/localsearch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8acf586ba..000000000
--- a/bin/localsearch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-cd "`dirname $0`"
-port=$(grep ^port= ../DATA/SETTINGS/yacy.conf |cut -d= -f2)
-if which curl &>/dev/null; then
-  curl -s "http://localhost:$port/yacysearch.rss?resource=local&verify=false&query=$1" | awk '/^<link>/{ gsub("<link>","" );gsub("<\/link>","" ); print $0 }'
-elif which wget &>/dev/null; then
-  wget -q -O - "http://localhost:$port/yacysearch.rss?resource=local&verify=false&query=$1" | awk '/^<link>/{ gsub("<link>","" );gsub("<\/link>","" ); print $0 }'
-else
-  echo "Neither curl nor wget installed!"
-  exit 1
-fi
-