diff --git a/search.php b/search.php
index 8f5f8dc49..f85f10ffd 100644
--- a/search.php
+++ b/search.php
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ if (!empty($_FORM['pattern'])) {
     $ml_url = "http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?r=1&w=2&q=b&";
     $ucp = urlencode($_FORM['pattern']);
 
-    // Ugly one-off exception here because es.php.net blocks outbound connections   
-    if($MYSITE=='http://es.php.net/') $MYSITE = 'http://es2.php.net/'; 
-
     // Do redirections for external search engines
     switch ($_FORM['show']) {