diff --git a/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb b/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb
index 3f9e125..d71be58 100644
--- a/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb
+++ b/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb
@@ -49,22 +49,6 @@ NameVirtualHost <%= @vhost_name %>:<%= @port %>
   </Directory>
 
   RewriteEngine On
-  # rewrite txt.gz & console.html[.gz] files to map to our internal htmlify
-  # wsgi app
-  # PT, Pass-through:  to come back around and get picked up by the
-  #                    WSGIScriptAlias
-  # NS, No-subrequest: on coming back through, mod-autoindex may have added
-  #                    index.html which would match the !-f condition. We
-  #                    therefore ensure the rewrite doesn't trigger by
-  #                    disallowing subrequests.
-  RewriteRule ^/(.*\.txt\.gz)$ /htmlify/$1 [QSA,L,PT,NS]
-  RewriteRule ^/(.*console\.html(\.gz)?)$ /htmlify/$1 [QSA,L,PT,NS]
-
-  # Check if the request exists as a file, directory or symbolic link
-  # If not, write the request to htmlify to see if we can fetch from swift
-  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^/icon
   RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /htmlify/$1 [QSA,L,PT,NS]
 
diff --git a/templates/logs.vhost.erb b/templates/logs.vhost.erb
index 3f9e125..d71be58 100644
--- a/templates/logs.vhost.erb
+++ b/templates/logs.vhost.erb
@@ -49,22 +49,6 @@ NameVirtualHost <%= @vhost_name %>:<%= @port %>
   </Directory>
 
   RewriteEngine On
-  # rewrite txt.gz & console.html[.gz] files to map to our internal htmlify
-  # wsgi app
-  # PT, Pass-through:  to come back around and get picked up by the
-  #                    WSGIScriptAlias
-  # NS, No-subrequest: on coming back through, mod-autoindex may have added
-  #                    index.html which would match the !-f condition. We
-  #                    therefore ensure the rewrite doesn't trigger by
-  #                    disallowing subrequests.
-  RewriteRule ^/(.*\.txt\.gz)$ /htmlify/$1 [QSA,L,PT,NS]
-  RewriteRule ^/(.*console\.html(\.gz)?)$ /htmlify/$1 [QSA,L,PT,NS]
-
-  # Check if the request exists as a file, directory or symbolic link
-  # If not, write the request to htmlify to see if we can fetch from swift
-  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^/icon
   RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /htmlify/$1 [QSA,L,PT,NS]