diff --git a/searx/engines/duckduckgo.py b/searx/engines/duckduckgo.py
index ea9242ee4..407d731f0 100644
--- a/searx/engines/duckduckgo.py
+++ b/searx/engines/duckduckgo.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 """
 
 from lxml.html import fromstring
-from requests import get
 from json import loads
 from searx.engines.xpath import extract_text
+from searx.poolrequests import get
 from searx.url_utils import urlencode
 
 # engine dependent config
diff --git a/searx/engines/duckduckgo_images.py b/searx/engines/duckduckgo_images.py
index b7b0d8aa4..dbd78b074 100644
--- a/searx/engines/duckduckgo_images.py
+++ b/searx/engines/duckduckgo_images.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  @todo        avoid extra request
 """
 
-from requests import get
 from json import loads
 from searx.engines.xpath import extract_text
 from searx.engines.duckduckgo import _fetch_supported_languages, supported_languages_url, get_region_code
+from searx.poolrequests import get
 from searx.url_utils import urlencode
 
 # engine dependent config