diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e20e04f3..ade55a36a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ A third-party Golang SDK for Jackett is available from [webtor-io/go-jackett](ht
  * EZTV
  * FileListing
  * FireBit
- * freshMeat
  * Frozen Layer
  * GamesTorrents
  * GkTorrent
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/freshmeat.yml b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/freshmeat.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e93c2adc2..000000000
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/freshmeat.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
----
-id: freshmeat
-name: freshMeat
-description: "freshMeat is a Public torrent meta-search engine"
-language: en-US
-type: public
-encoding: UTF-8
-links:
-  - https://freshmeat.io/
-
-caps:
-  # unfortunately freshMeat does not display categories anywhere in its search results page :-(
-  categorymappings:
-    - {id: 1, cat: Movies, desc: "Movies"}
-    - {id: 2, cat: TV, desc: "TV"}
-    - {id: 3, cat: Other, desc: "Other"}
-
-  modes:
-    search: [q]
-    tv-search: [q, season, ep]
-    movie-search: [q]
-
-settings:
-  - name: info_8000
-    type: info
-    label: About freshMeat Categories
-    default: freshMeat does not return categories in its search results.</br>To add to your Apps' Torznab indexer, replace all categories with 8000(Other).
-
-download:
-  selectors:
-    - selector: a[href^="magnet:?xt="]
-      attribute: href
-
-search:
-  paths:
-    - path: "{{ if .Keywords }}s?q={{ .Keywords }}{{ else }}{{ end }}"
-
-  rows:
-    selector: table.torrent-list > tbody > tr
-    filters:
-      - name: andmatch
-
-  fields:
-    category:
-      text: 3
-    title:
-      selector: td:nth-child(2)
-    details:
-      selector: td:nth-child(2) a
-      attribute: href
-    download:
-      selector: td:nth-child(2) a
-      attribute: href
-    date:
-      selector: td:nth-child(1)
-      attribute: data-sort-value
-      filters:
-        - name: dateparse
-          args: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
-    description:
-      selector: td:nth-child(3) img
-      attribute: title
-    size:
-      selector: td:nth-child(4)
-    seeders:
-      selector: td:nth-child(5)
-    leechers:
-      text: 0
-    downloadvolumefactor:
-      text: 0
-    uploadvolumefactor:
-      text: 1
-# engine n/a
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs b/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
index 7b60113a2..33dd5b42f 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Updater
                 "Definitions/freakstrackingsystem.yml",
                 "Definitions/freedomhd.yml",
                 "Definitions/freetorrent.yml",
+                "Definitions/freshmeat.yml",
                 "Definitions/fullmixmusic.yml",
                 "Definitions/funreleases.yml",
                 "Definitions/galeriens.yml",