diff --git a/colab/settings.py b/colab/settings.py
index 0e8f04d..7c58233 100644
--- a/colab/settings.py
+++ b/colab/settings.py
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ HAYSTACK_CUSTOM_HIGHLIGHTER = 'colab.utils.highlighting.ColabHighlighter'
 
 HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'haystack.backends.solr_backend.SolrEngine',
-        'URL': 'http://localhost:8983/solr/',
+        'ENGINE': 'haystack.backends.whoosh_backend.WhooshEngine',
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 936b7a4..a3e8204 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
     'pytz>=2011n',
     'django-mobile>=0.3.0',
     'django-haystack>=2.2',
-    'pysolr>=2.1',
     'django-hitcounter>=0.1.1',
     'django-tastypie>=0.12.1',
 
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