diff --git a/nginx_default.conf b/nginx_default.conf
index 71a8aafd..15823e3b 100644
--- a/nginx_default.conf
+++ b/nginx_default.conf
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ server {
         add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
     }
 
-    # Capture image path, without the file extension
-    map $uri $image {
-          ~*^/(assets)/(.+)\.(jpe?g|png)$  /$1/$2;
-    }
-
-    location /assets {
-          add_header Vary Accept;
-          try_files $image$webp_suffix $uri =404;
-    }
 
     error_page  404              /404.html;
     location = /404.html {