diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aaf521c98..40f21e278 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ A third-party Golang SDK for Jackett is available from [webtor-io/go-jackett](ht
  * Sexy-Pics
  * Shana Project
  * ShowRSS
- * SimpleAnime
  * Solid Torrents
  * sosulki
  * SubsPlease
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/simpleanime.yml b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/simpleanime.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 305865452..000000000
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/simpleanime.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
----
-id: simpleanime
-name: SimpleAnime
-description: "SimpleAnime is a CHINESE Public torrent tracker for ANIME"
-language: zh-CN
-type: public
-encoding: UTF-8
-links:
-  - https://www.36dm.org/
-
-caps:
-  categories:
-    Anime: TV/Anime
-
-  modes:
-    search: [q]
-    tv-search: [q, season, ep]
-    music-search: [q]
-    book-search: [q]
-
-settings: []
-
-download:
-  # cant use magnet directly, generates Invalid non-ASCII or control character in header: 0x79BB
-  infohash:
-    hash:
-      selector: a[href^="magnet:?xt="]
-      attribute: href
-      filters:
-        - name: regexp
-          args: ([A-F|a-f|0-9]{40})
-    title:
-      selector: h4
-      filters:
-        - name: trim
-        - name: validfilename
-
-search:
-  paths:
-    # https://www.36dm.org/
-    # https://www.36dm.org/search-gene_20ai.htm
-    - path: "{{ if .Keywords }}search-{{ .Keywords }}-1.htm{{ else }}/{{ end }}"
-  keywordsfilters:
-    - name: replace
-      args: [" ", "_20"]
-
-  rows:
-    selector: ul.threadlist > li:not(:has(a[href="thread-338792.htm"])):not(:has(a[href="thread-342865.htm"])):not(:has(a[href="thread-290995.htm"]))
-
-  fields:
-    category:
-      text: Anime
-    title:
-      selector: a[href^="thread-"]
-    details:
-      selector: a[href^="thread-"]
-      attribute: href
-    download:
-      selector: a[href^="thread-"]
-      attribute: href
-    date_elapsed:
-      selector: span.date:contains("前")
-      optional: true
-      filters:
-        - name: replace
-          args: ["秒前", " seconds ago"]
-        - name: replace
-          args: ["分钟前", " minutes ago"]
-        - name: replace
-          args: ["小时前", " hours ago"]
-        - name: replace
-          args: ["天前", " days ago"]
-        - name: replace
-          args: ["月前", " months ago"]
-        - name: replace
-          args: ["年前", " years ago"]
-        - name: timeago
-    date_added:
-      selector: span.date:not(:contains("前"))
-      optional: true
-      filters:
-        - name: append
-          args: " +08:00" # CST
-        - name: dateparse
-          args: "yyyy-M-d zzz"
-    date:
-      text: "{{ if or .Result.date_elapsed .Result.date_added }}{{ or .Result.date_elapsed .Result.date_added }}{{ else }}now{{ end }}"
-    size:
-      text: 512MB
-    seeders:
-      text: 1
-    leechers:
-      text: 1
-    downloadvolumefactor:
-      text: 0
-    uploadvolumefactor:
-      text: 1
-# BBS 4.0.4
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs b/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
index 84ee42184..8396e9130 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Updater/Program.cs
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Updater
                 "Definitions/shellife.yml",
                 "Definitions/sharkpt.yml",
                 "Definitions/shokweb.yml",
+                "Definitions/simpleanime.yml",
                 "Definitions/skipthecommercials.yml", // switch to *-API #8682
                 "Definitions/skipthecommercials-api.yml",
                 "Definitions/skipthetrailers.yml",