diff --git a/config/nginx.sample.conf b/config/nginx.sample.conf
index 7daa8a37524..5e436fcf24c 100644
--- a/config/nginx.sample.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.sample.conf
@@ -90,13 +90,6 @@ server {
       add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
      }
 
-    location = /srv/status {
-      access_log off;
-      log_not_found off;
-      proxy_pass http://discourse;
-      break;
-    }
-
     location ~ ^/assets/ {
       expires 1y;
       # asset pipeline enables this