diff --git a/site-cookbooks/sockethub/templates/default/nginx_conf_sockethub.erb b/site-cookbooks/sockethub/templates/default/nginx_conf_sockethub.erb
index 4abaf12..daf8b43 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/sockethub/templates/default/nginx_conf_sockethub.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/sockethub/templates/default/nginx_conf_sockethub.erb
@@ -28,22 +28,6 @@ server {
   }
 
   location / {
-    # an HTTP header important enough to have its own Wikipedia entry:
-    #  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Forwarded-For
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-
-    # enable this if and only if you use HTTPS, this helps Rack
-    # set the proper protocol for doing redirects:
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
-
-    # pass the Host: header from the client right along so redirects
-    # can be set properly within the Rack application
-    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-
-    # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with
-    # redirects, we set the Host: header above already.
-    proxy_redirect off;
-
     # Increase number of buffers. Default is 8
     proxy_buffers 1024 8k;