diff --git a/lookyloo/helpers.py b/lookyloo/helpers.py
index ef9adb5f..87026ea8 100644
--- a/lookyloo/helpers.py
+++ b/lookyloo/helpers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import hashlib
 import json
 import logging
-import os
 import pkg_resources
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -10,20 +9,18 @@ from enum import IntEnum, unique
 from functools import lru_cache
 from io import BufferedIOBase
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
-from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-import requests
 
 from har2tree import CrawledTree, HostNode, URLNode
 from publicsuffix2 import PublicSuffixList, fetch  # type: ignore
 from pytaxonomies import Taxonomies
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 from ua_parser import user_agent_parser  # type: ignore
 from werkzeug.user_agent import UserAgent
 from werkzeug.utils import cached_property
 
-from .default import get_homedir, safe_create_dir, get_config
+from .default import get_homedir, safe_create_dir
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('Lookyloo - Helpers')
 
@@ -135,7 +132,7 @@ def load_cookies(cookie_pseudofile: Optional[Union[BufferedIOBase, str]]=None) -
                           'value': cookie['Content raw']
                           }
             else:
-                # Cookie from lookyloo/splash
+                # Cookie from lookyloo/playwright
                 to_add = cookie
             to_return.append(to_add)
     except Exception as e:
@@ -157,30 +154,6 @@ def get_useragent_for_requests():
     return f'Lookyloo / {version}'
 
 
-@lru_cache(64)
-def get_splash_url() -> str:
-    if os.environ.get('SPLASH_URL_DOCKER'):
-        # In order to have a working default for the docker image, it is easier to use an environment variable
-        return os.environ['SPLASH_URL_DOCKER']
-    else:
-        return get_config('generic', 'splash_url')
-
-
-def splash_status() -> Tuple[bool, str]:
-    try:
-        splash_status = requests.get(urljoin(get_splash_url(), '_ping'))
-        splash_status.raise_for_status()
-        json_status = splash_status.json()
-        if json_status['status'] == 'ok':
-            return True, 'Splash is up'
-        else:
-            return False, str(json_status)
-    except HTTPError as http_err:
-        return False, f'HTTP error occurred: {http_err}'
-    except Exception as err:
-        return False, f'Other error occurred: {err}'
-
-
 def get_cache_directory(root: Path, identifier: str, namespace: Optional[str] = None) -> Path:
     m = hashlib.md5()
     m.update(identifier.encode())
diff --git a/lookyloo/lookyloo.py b/lookyloo/lookyloo.py
index e3b204be..2a02c851 100644
--- a/lookyloo/lookyloo.py
+++ b/lookyloo/lookyloo.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from .default import LookylooException, get_homedir, get_config, get_socket_path
 from .exceptions import (MissingCaptureDirectory,
                          MissingUUID, TreeNeedsRebuild, NoValidHarFile)
 from .helpers import (CaptureStatus, get_captures_dir, get_email_template,
-                      get_resources_hashes, get_splash_url, get_taxonomies,
+                      get_resources_hashes, get_taxonomies,
                       uniq_domains, ParsedUserAgent)
 from .indexing import Indexing
 from .modules import (MISP, PhishingInitiative, UniversalWhois,
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class Lookyloo():
         self.redis_pool: ConnectionPool = ConnectionPool(connection_class=UnixDomainSocketConnection,
                                                          path=get_socket_path('cache'), decode_responses=True)
         self.capture_dir: Path = get_captures_dir()
-        self.splash_url: str = get_splash_url()
 
         self._priority = get_config('generic', 'priority')
 
diff --git a/tools/monitoring.py b/tools/monitoring.py
index 347d9ef0..e98ae158 100755
--- a/tools/monitoring.py
+++ b/tools/monitoring.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from rich.console import Console
 from rich.padding import Padding
 
 from lookyloo.default import get_socket_path, AbstractManager
-from lookyloo.helpers import splash_status
 
 # NOTE: run with watch:
 #   watch --color tools/monitoring.py
@@ -80,12 +79,6 @@ class Monitoring():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-    status, message = splash_status()
-    if status:
-        console.print(f'[green]{message}[/green]')
-    else:
-        console.print('Splash is [bold red]down[/bold red]: ', message)
-
     m = Monitoring()
     backend_up = m.backend_status
     if not backend_up:
diff --git a/website/web/genericapi.py b/website/web/genericapi.py
index 31372c3c..040e323a 100644
--- a/website/web/genericapi.py
+++ b/website/web/genericapi.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from flask import request, send_file
 from flask_restx import Namespace, Resource, abort, fields  # type: ignore
 from werkzeug.security import check_password_hash
 
-from lookyloo.helpers import splash_status
 from lookyloo.lookyloo import Lookyloo
 
 from .helpers import build_users_table, load_user_from_request, src_request_ip
@@ -58,14 +57,6 @@ class AuthToken(Resource):
         return {'error': 'User/Password invalid.'}, 401
 
 
-@api.route('/json/splash_status')
-@api.doc(description='Get status of splash.')
-class SplashStatus(Resource):
-    def get(self):
-        status, info = splash_status()
-        return {'is_up': status, 'info': info}
-
-
 @api.route('/json/<string:capture_uuid>/status')
 @api.doc(description='Get the status of a capture',
          params={'capture_uuid': 'The UUID of the capture'})