diff --git a/pillar/config.py b/pillar/config.py
index 244896e2..479471a5 100644
--- a/pillar/config.py
+++ b/pillar/config.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ALGOLIA_API_KEY = '-SECRET-'
 ALGOLIA_INDEX_USERS = 'dev_Users'
 ALGOLIA_INDEX_NODES = 'dev_Nodes'
 
-SEARCH_BACKENDS = ('algolia', 'elastic')    # search backend we use
+SEARCH_BACKENDS = ('elastic', )
 
 ELASTIC_INDICES = {
     'NODE': 'nodes',