diff --git a/roles/nginx/application/templates/root.conf b/roles/nginx/application/templates/root.conf
index 807e047..f890e04 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/application/templates/root.conf
+++ b/roles/nginx/application/templates/root.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 include {{ nginx_snippets_directory }}/global;
 
 index index.html index.htm;
-
-# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
-# concurs with nginx's one
-location ~ /\.ht {
-	deny all;
-}