diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
deleted file mode 100644
index 403e132..0000000
--- a/.htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<IfModule mod_php5.c>
-php_flag        display_errors  Off
-php_flag        log_errors      On
-php_value       error_log       syslog
-
-php_flag        safe_mode      		On
-php_flag        safe_mode_gid  		On
-php_value 	open_basedir  		/var/www/board
-php_value 	safe_mode_exec_dir	/var/empty
-</IfModule>
-
-<FilesMatch "^(database.*|remind.php|closevotes.php.*)$">
-	Order Deny,Allow
-	Deny from all
-</FilesMatch>
-
-
-
-
-<FilesMatch "^(motions?|vote|proxy)\.php$">
-	# these files require authentication
-	<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
-	SSLOptions +OptRenegotiate +StdEnvVars +ExportCertData
-	SSLUserName SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_Email
-	SSLVerifyClient require
-#		<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-#		RewriteEngine        on
-#		RewriteCond     %{SSL:SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY} !=SUCCESS
-#		RewriteRule     .? - [F]
-#		ErrorDocument 403 "You need a client side certificate issued by CAcert to access this url"
-#		</IfModule>
-	</IfModule>
-</FilesMatch>