diff --git a/actions/searx b/actions/searx
index 70217941b..8cf5ff81f 100755
--- a/actions/searx
+++ b/actions/searx
@@ -152,20 +152,14 @@ def subcommand_setup(_):
 
 def subcommand_enable(_):
     """Enable web configuration and reload."""
-    if not os.path.exists('/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/searx.ini'):
-        os.symlink('/etc/uwsgi/apps-available/searx.ini',
-                   '/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/searx.ini')
-
-    action_utils.service_enable('uwsgi')
-    action_utils.service_restart('uwsgi')
+    action_utils.uwsgi_enable('searx')
     action_utils.webserver_enable('searx-freedombox')
 
 
 def subcommand_disable(_):
     """Disable web configuration and reload."""
     action_utils.webserver_disable('searx-freedombox')
-    os.unlink('/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/searx.ini')
-    action_utils.service_restart('uwsgi')
+    action_utils.uwsgi_disable('searx')
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/plinth/modules/searx/__init__.py b/plinth/modules/searx/__init__.py
index 7195506b2..53e64468e 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/searx/__init__.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/searx/__init__.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 FreedomBox app to configure Searx.
 """
 
-import os
-
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from plinth import service as service_module
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ def get_safe_search_setting():
 def is_enabled():
     """Return whether the module is enabled."""
     return (action_utils.webserver_is_enabled('searx-freedombox')
-            and os.path.exists('/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/searx.ini'))
+            and action_utils.uwsgi_is_enabled('searx'))
 
 
 def enable():