diff --git a/lib/twitter/api.rb b/lib/twitter/api.rb
index 25747d3e1..0c9f4452c 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/api.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/api.rb
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ def saved_search_destroy(*args)
     # @example Returns tweets related to twitter
     #   Twitter.search('twitter')
     def search(q, options={})
-      object_from_response(Twitter::SearchResults, :get, "/search.json", options.merge(:q => q), :endpoint => @search_endpoint)
+      object_from_response(Twitter::SearchResults, :get, "/1.1/search/tweets.json", options.merge(:q => q))
     end
 
     # Returns recent Tweets related to a query with images and videos embedded
diff --git a/lib/twitter/configurable.rb b/lib/twitter/configurable.rb
index 8ecdf47c7..a8ac93428 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/configurable.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/configurable.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Twitter
   module Configurable
     attr_writer :consumer_key, :consumer_secret, :oauth_token, :oauth_token_secret
-    attr_accessor :endpoint, :media_endpoint, :search_endpoint, :connection_options, :identity_map, :middleware
+    attr_accessor :endpoint, :media_endpoint, :connection_options, :identity_map, :middleware
 
     class << self
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ def keys
           :oauth_token_secret,
           :endpoint,
           :media_endpoint,
-          :search_endpoint,
           :connection_options,
           :identity_map,
           :middleware,
diff --git a/lib/twitter/default.rb b/lib/twitter/default.rb
index 8da288ed4..516a47167 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/default.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/default.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ module Twitter
   module Default
     ENDPOINT = 'https://api.twitter.com' unless defined? ENDPOINT
     MEDIA_ENDPOINT = 'https://upload.twitter.com' unless defined? MEDIA_ENDPOINT
-    SEARCH_ENDPOINT = 'https://search.twitter.com' unless defined? SEARCH_ENDPOINT
     CONNECTION_OPTIONS = {
       :headers => {
         :accept => 'application/json',
@@ -85,11 +84,6 @@ def media_endpoint
         MEDIA_ENDPOINT
       end
 
-      # @return [String]
-      def search_endpoint
-        SEARCH_ENDPOINT
-      end
-
       # @return [Hash]
       def connection_options
         CONNECTION_OPTIONS
diff --git a/spec/twitter/api/search_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/api/search_spec.rb
index 8b334ec42..0960115ec 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/api/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/api/search_spec.rb
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
   describe "#search" do
     before do
-      stub_get("/search.json", "https://search.twitter.com").
+      stub_get("/1.1/search/tweets.json").
         with(:query => {:q => "twitter"}).
         to_return(:body => fixture("search.json"), :headers => {:content_type => "application/json; charset=utf-8"})
     end
     it "requests the correct resource" do
       @client.search('twitter')
-      a_get("/search.json", "https://search.twitter.com").
+      a_get("/1.1/search/tweets.json").
         with(:query => {:q => "twitter"}).
         should have_been_made
     end
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     context "when search API responds a malformed result" do
       before do
-        stub_get("/search.json", "https://search.twitter.com").
+        stub_get("/1.1/search/tweets.json").
           with(:query => {:q => "twitter"}).
           to_return(:body => fixture("/search_malformed.json"), :headers => {:content_type => "application/json; charset=utf-8"})
       end
diff --git a/spec/twitter/client_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/client_spec.rb
index d008a43fa..5360e0ca4 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/client_spec.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
           :middleware => Proc.new{},
           :oauth_token => 'OT',
           :oauth_token_secret => 'OS',
-          :search_endpoint => 'http://search.twitter.com',
           :identity_map => ::Hash
         }
       end