diff --git a/searx/engines/duden.py b/searx/engines/duden.py
index 090295b91..da4c4f7da 100644
--- a/searx/engines/duden.py
+++ b/searx/engines/duden.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ about = {
     "language": 'de',
 }
 
-categories = ['general', 'dictionaries']
+categories = ['dictionaries']
 paging = True
 
 # search-url
diff --git a/searx/engines/imdb.py b/searx/engines/imdb.py
index bb6258cf4..0897b8dca 100644
--- a/searx/engines/imdb.py
+++ b/searx/engines/imdb.py
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ about = {
     "results": 'HTML',
 }
 
-categories = [
-    'general',
-]
+categories = []
 paging = False
 
 # suggestion_url = "https://sg.media-imdb.com/suggestion/{letter}/{query}.json"
diff --git a/searx/engines/sjp.py b/searx/engines/sjp.py
index 97a81d8a7..8342a2819 100644
--- a/searx/engines/sjp.py
+++ b/searx/engines/sjp.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ about = {
     "language": 'pl',
 }
 
-categories = ['general', 'dictionaries']
+categories = ['dictionaries']
 paging = False
 
 URL = 'https://sjp.pwn.pl'
diff --git a/searx/engines/translated.py b/searx/engines/translated.py
index 6cc56328b..9900c017b 100644
--- a/searx/engines/translated.py
+++ b/searx/engines/translated.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ about = {
 }
 
 engine_type = 'online_dictionary'
-categories = ['general', 'dictionaries']
+categories = ['dictionaries']
 url = 'https://api.mymemory.translated.net/get?q={query}&langpair={from_lang}|{to_lang}{key}'
 web_url = 'https://mymemory.translated.net/en/{from_lang}/{to_lang}/{query}'
 weight = 100
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 0f1369328..765b33a3e 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ engines:
     url_xpath: //dl[@class="results-list"]/dt[@class="result-title"]/a/@href
     title_xpath: //dl[@class="results-list"]/dt[@class="result-title"]/a/text()
     content_xpath: //dl[@class="results-list"]/dd[@class="result-details"]
-    categories: general
+    categories: []
     shortcut: ew
     disabled: true
     about:
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ engines:
     content_xpath: //section[contains(@class, "word__defination")]
     first_page_num: 1
     shortcut: et
-    categories: [general, dictionaries]
+    categories: [dictionaries]
     disabled: true
     about:
       website: https://www.etymonline.com/
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ engines:
   - name: wiktionary
     engine: mediawiki
     shortcut: wt
-    categories: [general, dictionaries]
+    categories: [dictionaries]
     base_url: "https://{language}.wiktionary.org/"
     number_of_results: 5
     search_type: text
@@ -1601,14 +1601,14 @@ engines:
     engine: wordnik
     shortcut: def
     base_url: https://www.wordnik.com/
-    categories: [general, dictionaries]
+    categories: [dictionaries]
     timeout: 5.0
     disabled: true
 
   - name: woxikon.de synonyme
     engine: xpath
     shortcut: woxi
-    categories: [general, dictionaries]
+    categories: [dictionaries]
     timeout: 5.0
     disabled: true
     search_url: https://synonyme.woxikon.de/synonyme/{query}.php