diff --git a/htroot/js/yacysearch.js b/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
index 6f91c3eb9..06314f7a7 100644
--- a/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
+++ b/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function renderPaginationButtons(offset, itemscount, itemsperpage, totalcount, l
 	if (thispage == 0) {
 		resnav += "<li class=\"disabled\"><a title=\"Previous page\" href=\"#\">&laquo;</a></li>";
 	} else {
-	 	resnav += "<li><a id=\"prevpage\" title=\"Previous page\" href=\"";
+	 	resnav += "<li><a id=\"prevpage\" title=\"Previous page\" accesskey=\"p\" href=\"";
 	    resnav += (navurlbase + "&amp;startRecord=" + ((thispage - 1) * itemsperpage));
 	  	resnav += "\">&laquo;</a></li>";
 	}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function renderPaginationButtons(offset, itemscount, itemsperpage, totalcount, l
 	if ((localQuery && thispage >= (totalPagesNb - 1)) || (!localQuery && thispage >= (numberofpages - 1))) {
 		resnav += "<li class=\"disabled\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"Next page\">&raquo;</a></li>";
 	} else {
-	    resnav += "<li><a id=\"nextpage\" title=\"Next page\" href=\"";
+	    resnav += "<li><a id=\"nextpage\" title=\"Next page\" accesskey=\"n\" href=\"";
 	    resnav += (navurlbase + "&amp;startRecord=" + ((thispage + 1) * itemsperpage));
 	    resnav += "\">&raquo;</a>";
 	}
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 150e50519..ae3606708 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -11,25 +11,6 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" src="js/yacysearch.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="js/highslide/highslide.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">hs.outlineType = 'rounded-white';</script>
-
-  <script type="text/javascript">
-  function handleArrowKeys(evt) {
-    evt = (evt) ? evt : ((window.event) ? event : null);
-    if (evt) {
-        switch (evt.keyCode) {
-            case 9:
-            case 33:
-                window.location.href = document.getElementById("nextpage").href;
-                break;
-            case 34:
-                window.location.href = document.getElementById("prevpage").href;
-                break;
-            case 40:
-         }
-    }
-  }
-  document.onkeydown = handleArrowKeys;
-  </script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="env/bootstrap/js/typeahead.jquery.min.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">
      var suggestMatcher = function() {