diff --git a/ietf/doc/views_search.py b/ietf/doc/views_search.py
index a5acaca2f..cc64cc838 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/views_search.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/views_search.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import datetime, re
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, SuspiciousOperation
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse as urlreverse
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect