diff --git a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.httpd b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.httpd
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f48ab39..000000000
--- a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.httpd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-RewriteEngine On
-RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
-RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
-RewriteRule ^/?xcatws/(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/xcatws/$1 [R,L]