diff --git a/archivebox/search/__init__.py b/archivebox/search/__init__.py
index 360b20ff..6191ede9 100644
--- a/archivebox/search/__init__.py
+++ b/archivebox/search/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.db.models import QuerySet
 
 from archivebox.index.schema import Link
 from archivebox.util import enforce_types
-from archivebox.config import setup_django,stderr, OUTPUT_DIR, USE_INDEXING_BACKEND, USE_SEARCHING_BACKEND, SEARCH_BACKEND_ENGINE
+from archivebox.config import stderr, OUTPUT_DIR, USE_INDEXING_BACKEND, USE_SEARCHING_BACKEND, SEARCH_BACKEND_ENGINE
 
 from .utils import get_indexable_content, log_index_started
 
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def write_search_index(link: Link, texts: Union[List[str], None]=None, out_dir:
 
 @enforce_types
 def query_search_index(query: str, out_dir: Path=OUTPUT_DIR) -> QuerySet:
-    setup_django(out_dir, check_db=True)
     from core.models import Snapshot
 
     if search_backend_enabled():
diff --git a/archivebox/search/backends/ripgrep.py b/archivebox/search/backends/ripgrep.py
index ff02008d..e2e03c9b 100644
--- a/archivebox/search/backends/ripgrep.py
+++ b/archivebox/search/backends/ripgrep.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import re
 from subprocess import run, PIPE, DEVNULL
 from typing import List, Generator
 
-from archivebox.config import setup_django, ARCHIVE_DIR
+from archivebox.config import ARCHIVE_DIR
 from archivebox.util import enforce_types
 
 RG_IGNORE_EXTENSIONS = ('css','js','orig','svg')
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def search(text: str) -> List[str]:
     if is_rg_installed.returncode:
         raise Exception("ripgrep binary not found, install ripgrep to use this search backend")
 
-    setup_django(check_db=True)
     from core.models import Snapshot
 
     rg_cmd = ['rg', RG_ADD_TYPE, RG_IGNORE_ARGUMENTS, RG_DEFAULT_ARGUMENTS, RG_REGEX_ARGUMENT, text, str(ARCHIVE_DIR)]
diff --git a/tests/test_oneshot.py b/tests/test_oneshot.py
index 4057a6ad..560ac43c 100644
--- a/tests/test_oneshot.py
+++ b/tests/test_oneshot.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ def test_oneshot_command_saves_page_in_right_folder(tmp_path, disable_extractors
         capture_output=True,
         env=disable_extractors_dict,
     )
-    print(process.stdout)
     items = ' '.join([str(x) for x in tmp_path.iterdir()])
     current_path = ' '.join([str(x) for x in Path.cwd().iterdir()])
     assert "index.json" in items