diff --git a/oxweb/wikipedia.py b/oxweb/wikipedia.py
index ed60906..2247440 100644
--- a/oxweb/wikipedia.py
+++ b/oxweb/wikipedia.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def getId(url):
 def getUrl(id):
     return "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s" % id
 
+
 def getMovieId(title, director='', year=''):
     query = '"%s" film %s %s' % (title, director, year)
     result = find(query, 1)
@@ -26,9 +27,7 @@ def getUrlByImdbId(imdbId):
     if result:
         url = result[0][1]
         return url
-    if str(imdbId).startswith('0'):
-        imdbId = imdbId[1:]
-        return getUrlByImdb(imdbId)
+    return ""
 
 def getUrlByImdb(imdbId):
     # deprecated, use getUrlByImdbId()