diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-nginx_ingress.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-nginx_ingress.sh
index 69905f1e2..18e50448f 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-nginx_ingress.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-nginx_ingress.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,4 @@ sed -i "s/%%port%%/${ingress_port}/g" /etc/nginx/servers/ingress.conf
 sed -i "s/%%interface%%/${ingress_interface}/g" /etc/nginx/servers/ingress.conf
 sed -i "s|%%ingress_entry%%|${ingress_entry}|g" /etc/nginx/servers/ingress.conf
 
-echo "... ensuring restricted area access"
-echo "${ingress_entry}" > /ingress_url
-sed -i "/function is_authenticated/a if (strpos(\$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], '/api/hassio_ingress') !== false && strpos(\$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], trim(file_get_contents('/ingress_url'))) !== false) { \$ret = true; return \$ret; }" "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/common.php
-
 echo " "