diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 326c5fdb5..348b55b3a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ pylint==4.0.5
 splinter==0.21.0
 selenium==4.41.0
 Pallets-Sphinx-Themes==2.5.0
-Sphinx==8.2.3 ; python_version >= '3.11'
-Sphinx==8.1.3 ; python_version < '3.11'
+Sphinx==8.2.3
 sphinx-issues==6.0.0
 sphinx-jinja==2.0.2
 sphinx-tabs==3.5.0
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.19
-sphinx-autobuild==2025.8.25 ; python_version >= '3.11'
-sphinx-autobuild==2024.10.3 ; python_version < '3.11'
+sphinx-autobuild==2025.8.25
 sphinx-notfound-page==1.1.0
-myst-parser==4.0.1
+myst-parser==5.0.0
 linuxdoc==20240924
 aiounittest==1.5.0
 yamllint==1.38.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8e841f941..a786aa2a1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ httpx[http2]==0.28.1
 httpx-socks[asyncio]==0.10.0
 sniffio==1.3.1
 valkey==6.1.1
-markdown-it-py==3.0.0
-tomli==2.4.0; python_version < '3.11'
+markdown-it-py==4.0.0
 msgspec==0.20.0
 typer==0.24.1
 isodate==0.7.2
diff --git a/searx/botdetection/config.py b/searx/botdetection/config.py
index d3ecc39eb..418d76a46 100644
--- a/searx/botdetection/config.py
+++ b/searx/botdetection/config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import copy
 import logging
 import pathlib
 
-from ..compat import tomllib
+import tomllib
 
 __all__ = ['Config', 'UNSET', 'SchemaIssue', 'set_global_cfg', 'get_global_cfg']
 
diff --git a/searx/compat.py b/searx/compat.py
index 2f45eb0e4..418d537ca 100644
--- a/searx/compat.py
+++ b/searx/compat.py
@@ -1,25 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 """Compatibility with older versions"""
 
-# pylint: disable=unused-import
-
-__all__ = [
-    "tomllib",
-]
-
-import sys
 import warnings
 
 
-# TOML (lib) compatibility
-# ------------------------
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
-    import tomllib
-else:
-    import tomli as tomllib
-
-
 # limiter backward compatibility
 # ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_toml.py b/tests/unit/test_toml.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a298502b..000000000
--- a/tests/unit/test_toml.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-# pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring,disable=missing-class-docstring,invalid-name
-
-from tests import SearxTestCase
-from searx import compat
-from searx.favicons.config import DEFAULT_CFG_TOML_PATH
-
-
-class CompatTest(SearxTestCase):
-
-    def test_toml(self):
-        with DEFAULT_CFG_TOML_PATH.open("rb") as f:
-            _ = compat.tomllib.load(f)