diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/default.rb
index 30c7091..65bcf67 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/default.rb
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
 # Copyright 2017-2018, Kosmos
 #
 
-unless node.chef_environment == "development"
-  include_recipe 'firewall'
-  firewall_rule 'hubot_express_hal8000_freenode' do
-    port     8080
-    protocol :tcp
-    command  :allow
-  end
-end
-
 include_recipe "kosmos-nodejs"
 include_recipe "kosmos-redis"