diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 92e9c288..1416ba73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /node_modules/
 /production/
-/public_html/
+public_html
 /.sass-cache/
 *.orig
 Thumbs.db
diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
deleted file mode 100755
index ccaa4ef3..00000000
--- a/.htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-RewriteEngine On
-
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/production/ [NC]
-RewriteRule (.*) /production/$1 [NC,L]