diff --git a/src/results/aggregation_models.rs b/src/results/aggregation_models.rs
index 307cef9..6766fae 100644
--- a/src/results/aggregation_models.rs
+++ b/src/results/aggregation_models.rs
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ pub struct SearchResults {
     pub page_query: String,
     pub style: Style,
     pub engine_errors_info: Vec<EngineErrorInfo>,
-    pub empty_result_set: bool,
 }
 
 impl SearchResults {
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ impl SearchResults {
             page_query,
             style: Style::new("".to_string(), "".to_string()),
             engine_errors_info,
-            empty_result_set: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -187,14 +185,4 @@ impl SearchResults {
     pub fn add_style(&mut self, style: Style) {
         self.style = style;
     }
-
-    /// A function which checks whether the results stored are empty or not.
-    pub fn is_empty_result_set(&self) -> bool {
-        self.results.is_empty()
-    }
-
-    /// A setter function which sets the empty_result_set to true.
-    pub fn set_empty_result_set(&mut self) {
-        self.empty_result_set = true;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/server/routes.rs b/src/server/routes.rs
index de9ab77..e846fd9 100644
--- a/src/server/routes.rs
+++ b/src/server/routes.rs
@@ -161,12 +161,6 @@ async fn results(
                 }
             };
             results_json.add_style(config.style.clone());
-            // check whether the results grabbed from the upstream engines are empty or
-            // not if they are empty then set the empty_result_set option to true in
-            // the result json.
-            if results_json.is_empty_result_set() {
-                results_json.set_empty_result_set();
-            }
             redis_cache.cache_results(serde_json::to_string(&results_json)?, &url)?;
             Ok(results_json)
         }