diff --git a/ckan/controllers/api.py b/ckan/controllers/api.py
index 464d209e8b5..826a9b6d279 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/api.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/api.py
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@
 import os.path
 import logging
 import cgi
-import datetime
-import glob
 import urllib
 
-from webob.multidict import UnicodeMultiDict
-from paste.util.multidict import MultiDict
 from six import text_type
 
 import ckan.model as model
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from ckan.views import identify_user
 
-from ckan.common import _, c, request, response, config
+from ckan.common import _, c, request, response
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/ckan/lib/search/query.py b/ckan/lib/search/query.py
index 68877959982..c469838c7df 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/search/query.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/search/query.py
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 
 import re
 import logging
-
-from ckan.common import config
+import six
 import pysolr
+
 from paste.deploy.converters import asbool
-from paste.util.multidict import MultiDict
-import six
+from werkzeug.datastructures import MultiDict
 
-from ckan.lib.search.common import make_connection, SearchError, SearchQueryError
 import ckan.logic as logic
 import ckan.model as model
 
+from ckan.common import config
+from ckan.lib.search.common import (
+    make_connection, SearchError, SearchQueryError
+)
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _open_licenses = None
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ def run(self, fields={}, options=None, **kwargs):
             options.update(kwargs)
 
         context = {
-            'model':model,
+            'model': model,
             'session': model.Session,
             'search_query': True,
         }
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ def run(self, fields={}, options=None, **kwargs):
         # Transform fields into structure required by the resource_search
         # action.
         query = []
+
         for field, terms in fields.items():
             if isinstance(terms, six.string_types):
                 terms = terms.split()
diff --git a/ckan/tests/legacy/lib/test_resource_search.py b/ckan/tests/legacy/lib/test_resource_search.py
index 92862ac33a5..4e60c4ae4ce 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/legacy/lib/test_resource_search.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/legacy/lib/test_resource_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-from webob.multidict import UnicodeMultiDict, MultiDict
-from nose.tools import assert_raises, assert_equal
+from nose.tools import assert_raises, assert_equal, assert_set_equal
 
 from ckan.tests.legacy import *
 from ckan.tests.legacy import is_search_supported
@@ -76,10 +75,9 @@ def test_02_search_url_2(self):
         assert set([self.ab]) == urls, urls
 
     def test_03_search_url_multiple_words(self):
-        fields = UnicodeMultiDict(MultiDict(url='e'))
-        fields.add('url', 'f')
+        fields = dict([['url', 'e f']])
         urls = self.res_search(fields=fields)
-        assert set([self.ef]) == urls, urls
+        assert_set_equal({self.ef}, urls)
 
     def test_04_search_url_none(self):
         urls = self.res_search(fields={'url':'nothing'})