diff --git a/phpBB/web.config b/phpBB/web.config
index e31a48b991..a73c328626 100644
--- a/phpBB/web.config
+++ b/phpBB/web.config
@@ -12,18 +12,6 @@
 				</hiddenSegments>
 			</requestFiltering>
 		</security>
-		<rewrite>
-			<rules>
-			<rule name="Route through app.php" >
-				<match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="true" />
-				<conditions>
-					<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true"/>
-					<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true"/>
-				</conditions>
-				<action type="Rewrite" url="app.php" appendQueryString="false" />
-			</rule>
-			</rules>
-		</rewrite>
 	</system.webServer>
 	<location path="images/avatars">
 		<system.webServer>