diff --git a/docker/default.conf.template b/docker/default.conf.template
index 28a1cba2b..9e140d5bb 100644
--- a/docker/default.conf.template
+++ b/docker/default.conf.template
@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@ server {
     break;
   }
 
-  location /maintenance.html {
-    expires 10;
-   }
-
-  if (-f $document_root/maintenance.html) {
-    rewrite ^(.*)$ /maintenance.html last;
-    break;
-  }
-
   location /tags/autocomplete.json {
     proxy_pass http://autocompleted:8118/;
     proxy_redirect off;
diff --git a/public/maintenance.html.bak b/public/maintenance.html.bak
deleted file mode 100644
index 445318595..000000000
--- a/public/maintenance.html.bak
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <title>e621 - Maintenance</title>
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-    <style>
-      body {
-        color: white;
-        background-color: #012e56;
-        font-family: verdana,sans-serif;
-        font-size: large;
-      }
-
-      p {
-        text-align: center;
-      }
-
-      img, .mascot {
-        display: block;
-        margin-left: auto;
-        margin-right: auto;
-      }
-
-      .mascot {
-        /* Crop out some of the empty space to the left so it looks better on mobile */
-        background-image: url("https://static1.e621.net/data/mascot_bg/esix2.jpg");
-        background-position: -200px 0px;
-        width: 400px;
-        height: 615px;
-      }
-
-      a {
-        color: #b4c7d9;
-      }
-
-      a:hover {
-        color: #e9f2fa;
-      }
-    </style>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <img src="http://static1.e621.net/data/mascot_bg/android-chrome-192x192.png">
-    <p>
-      We are performing maintenance on the site and its servers! Keep an eye on the <a href="https://twitter.com/e621dotnet">e621 Twitter</a> for more details.
-    </p>
-    <p>Thanks for your patience!</p>
-    <div class="mascot"></div>
-  </body>
-</html>
