diff --git a/searx/engines/reddit.py b/searx/engines/reddit.py
index 08c4fde4b..9729898e5 100644
--- a/searx/engines/reddit.py
+++ b/searx/engines/reddit.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from cgi import escape
 from urllib import urlencode
 from urlparse import urlparse
 from datetime import datetime
-from searx.utils import searx_useragent
 
 # engine dependent config
 categories = ['general', 'images', 'news', 'social media']
@@ -31,9 +30,6 @@ def request(query, params):
                        'limit': page_size})
     params['url'] = search_url.format(query=query)
 
-    # using searx User-Agent
-    params['headers']['User-Agent'] = searx_useragent()
-
     return params
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/engines/test_reddit.py b/tests/unit/engines/test_reddit.py
index 9bbf6301c..51589e300 100644
--- a/tests/unit/engines/test_reddit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/engines/test_reddit.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import mock
 from searx.engines import reddit
 from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
 from datetime import datetime
-from searx.utils import searx_useragent
 
 
 class TestRedditEngine(SearxTestCase):
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ class TestRedditEngine(SearxTestCase):
         self.assertTrue('url' in params)
         self.assertTrue(query in params['url'])
         self.assertTrue('reddit.com' in params['url'])
-        self.assertEqual(params['headers']['User-Agent'], searx_useragent())
 
     def test_response(self):
         resp = mock.Mock(text='{}')