diff --git a/aleksis/core/settings.py b/aleksis/core/settings.py
index 7140cc5ea2b9d3f05ab499231819fea5b8813b49..bdba886193733223c194114229b5c4eceb7a84dc 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/settings.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/settings.py
@@ -757,8 +757,6 @@ SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS.append("guardian.W001")
 # Append authentication backends
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.append("rules.permissions.ObjectPermissionBackend")
 
-HAYSTACK_BACKEND_SHORT = "whoosh"
-
 HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
     "default": {"ENGINE": "haystack_redis.RedisEngine", "PATH": REDIS_URL,},
 }