diff --git a/files/nginx/odk.conf.template b/files/nginx/odk.conf.template
index a1feeb37..60766c7b 100644
--- a/files/nginx/odk.conf.template
+++ b/files/nginx/odk.conf.template
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ server {
   location = /robots.txt {
     add_header Content-Type text/plain;
     return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /\n";
-
-    # transparently follow 307 redirects
-    # See: https://serverfault.com/a/792035
-    proxy_intercept_errors on;
-    error_page 307 = @transparent_proxy_no_auth;
   }
 
   location /- {