diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
index 3a3ad173a..95117cb46 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
@@ -771,50 +771,6 @@ public class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi implements MediaWikiApi {
         return CategoryImageUtils.getMediaList(childNodes);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This method takes search keyword as input and returns a list of  Media objects filtered using search query
-     * It uses the generator query API to get the images searched using a query, 25 at a time.
-     * @param query keyword to search images on commons
-     * @return
-     */
-//    @Override
-    @NonNull
-    public List<Media> searchImages(String query, int offset) {
-        List<CustomApiResult> imageNodes = null;
-        List<CustomApiResult> authorNodes = null;
-        CustomApiResult customApiResult;
-        try {
-            customApiResult= api.action("query")
-                    .param("format", "xml")
-                    .param("generator", "search")
-                    .param("gsrwhat", "text")
-                    .param("gsrnamespace", "6")
-                    .param("gsrlimit", "25")
-                    .param("gsroffset",offset)
-                    .param("gsrsearch", query)
-                    .param("prop", "imageinfo")
-                    .get();
-            imageNodes= customApiResult.getNodes("/api/query/pages/page/@title");
-            authorNodes= customApiResult.getNodes("/api/query/pages/page/imageinfo/ii/@user");
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            Timber.e(e, "Failed to obtain searchImages");
-        }
-
-        if (imageNodes == null) {
-            return new ArrayList<>();
-        }
-
-        List<Media> images = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        for (int i=0; i< imageNodes.size();i++){
-            String imgName = imageNodes.get(i).getDocument().getTextContent();
-            Media media = new Media(imgName);
-            media.setCreator(authorNodes.get(i).getDocument().getTextContent());
-            images.add(media);
-        }
-        return images;
-    }
-
     /**
      * This method takes search keyword as input and returns a list of categories objects filtered using search query
      * It uses the generator query API to get the categories searched using a query, 25 at a time.