diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c103a73b0300823cd2a4cf307750782d701c5258..bc134b08da777be4d1889d0f07bcc4c4c12ab1a6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ COPY --from=build /build/public /var/www/html
 # |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RUN a2enmod headers rewrite
 
-# |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# | install bad bot blocklist
-# |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-COPY ./install-apacheblocker.sh /tmp/
-RUN apt update && apt install -y wget && chmod +x /tmp/install-apacheblocker.sh && /tmp/install-apacheblocker.sh
-
 # |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # | expose http port
 # |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/install-apacheblocker.sh b/install-apacheblocker.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index cc758abda6bff910d12eb4f890defb4e709b7f17..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/install-apacheblocker.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-ash
-# Bash Script for Installing the Apache Bad Bot Blocker for Apache 2.2 > 2.4
-# Copyright - https://github.com/mitchellkrogza
-# Project Url: https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker
-
-##############################################################################
-#        ___                 __                                              #
-#       / _ | ___  ___ _____/ /  ___                                         #
-#      / __ |/ _ \/ _ `/ __/ _ \/ -_)                                        #
-#     /_/ |_/ .__/\_,_/\__/_//_/\__/                                         #
-#        __/_/        __   ___       __     ___  __         __               #
-#       / _ )___ ____/ /  / _ )___  / /_   / _ )/ /__  ____/ /_____ ____     #
-#      / _  / _ `/ _  /  / _  / _ \/ __/  / _  / / _ \/ __/  '_/ -_) __/     #
-#     /____/\_,_/\_,_/  /____/\___/\__/  /____/_/\___/\__/_/\_\\__/_/        #
-#                                                                            #
-##############################################################################
-
-# Please Note:
-# ************
-# This script will install Apache 2.2 or 2.4 configurations.
-# If you attempt to use Apache 2.2 configs wiht Apache 2.4 you will need the mod_access_compat module to be loaded.
-# The new Apache 2.4 version uses the new Apache Access Control methods and does not require the mod_access_compat module to be loaded in order to work.
-
-# PLEASE READ CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THIS - THIS IS ONLY A PARTIAL INSTALLER
-# https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md
-
-# Use this script only once and thereafter use the Auto Update Bash Script update-apacheblocker.sh
-
-# THIS INSTALL SCRIPT ONLY COPIES THE NECESSARY FILES FOR APACHE DIRECT FROM THE REPO
-
-### You must manually edit any vhost files with the required include or it will not actually be protecting any sites.
-### READ: https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md
-
-# Save this file as ~/install-apacheblocker.sh
-# sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/master/install-apacheblocker.sh -O ~/install-apacheblocker.sh
-# Make it Executable chmod +x ~/install-apacheblocker.sh
-# Run it from the command line using sudo ~/install-apacheblocker.sh
-
-#Update all environment variables to suit your OS/Apache version.
-
-# LETS INSTALL NOW
-
-#Major Apache version e.g. 2.2, 2.4
-APACHE_VERSION='2.4'
-#Directory where bad bot configs are located.
-#Generally /etc/apache2 or /etc/httpd depending on OS
-APACHE_CONF='/etc/apache2'
-#location of Apache blocker files
-BLOCKER_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/master/Apache_${APACHE_VERSION}/custom.d"
-
-mkdir -p "${APACHE_CONF}/custom.d"
-wget ${BLOCKER_URL}/globalblacklist.conf -O "${APACHE_CONF}/custom.d/globalblacklist.conf"
-wget ${BLOCKER_URL}/whitelist-ips.conf -O "${APACHE_CONF}/custom.d/whitelist-ips.conf"
-wget ${BLOCKER_URL}/whitelist-domains.conf -O "${APACHE_CONF}/custom.d/whitelist-domains.conf"
-wget ${BLOCKER_URL}/blacklist-ips.conf -O "${APACHE_CONF}/custom.d/blacklist-ips.conf"
-wget ${BLOCKER_URL}/bad-referrer-words.conf -O "${APACHE_CONF}/custom.d/bad-referrer-words.conf"
-wget ${BLOCKER_URL}/blacklist-user-agents.conf -O "${APACHE_CONF}/custom.d/blacklist-user-agents.conf"
-echo "Manually edit vhost to include globalblacklist.conf"
-
-# PLEASE READ CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS
-# https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
index e2318636f19065662768aaadadd3eb614fea7b21..b69a99a24b14e45a0c85defbf164938482f22261 100644
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
 Options -Indexes
-Include /etc/apache2/custom.d/globalblacklist.conf
 
 <FilesMatch "\.(sql)$">
     Order Deny,Allow