diff --git a/data/.htaccess b/data/.htaccess
deleted file mode 100644
index 81f095701..000000000
--- a/data/.htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<FilesMatch "\.(htaccess|htpasswd|[Pp][Hh][Pp]|[Pp][Hh][Tt]|[Ss]?[Pp]?[Hh][Tt][Mm][Ll]?|[Ii][Nn][Cc]|[Cc][Gg][Ii]|[Pp][Ll]|[Pp][Hh][Aa][Rr]|[Ss][Vv][Gg][Zz]?)">
-Order allow,deny
-Deny from all
-</FilesMatch>
-RedirectMatch 403 /session/.*
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