diff --git a/container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/Dockerfile b/container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/Dockerfile
index ba675ac1e..360207644 100644
--- a/container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/Dockerfile
+++ b/container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/Dockerfile
@@ -69,5 +69,3 @@ COPY --from=building /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_auth_openidc.so /usr/lib/apach
 
 RUN echo "LoadModule auth_openidc_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_auth_openidc.so" > /etc/apache2/mods-available/auth_openidc.load \
       && a2enmod auth_openidc 
-
-COPY container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/htaccess /srv/comanage-registry/app/webroot/.htaccess
diff --git a/container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/htaccess b/container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/htaccess
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c9b5d9b3..000000000
--- a/container/registry/mod_auth_openidc/htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-    RewriteEngine On
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [QSA,L]
-
-    RewriteRule .* - [E=REDIRECT_OIDC_CLAIM_NAME_GIVEN:%{HTTP:OIDC_CLAIM_given_name}]
-    RewriteRule .* - [E=REDIRECT_OIDC_CLAIM_NAME_FAMILY:%{HTTP:OIDC_CLAIM_family_name}]
-    RewriteRule .* - [E=REDIRECT_OIDC_CLAIM_NAME_MIDDLE:%{HTTP:OIDC_CLAIM_middle_name}]
-
-</IfModule>