diff --git a/bench/templates/nginx.conf b/bench/templates/nginx.conf
index 068fc101..fb95c2f2 100644
--- a/bench/templates/nginx.conf
+++ b/bench/templates/nginx.conf
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ upstream socketio-server {
 		sendfile on;
 		root {{ sites_dir }};
 
-		location /private/ {
-			internal;
-			try_files /$uri =424;
-		}
-
 		location /assets {
 			try_files $uri =404;
 		}