diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/nginx-badbots.conf b/conf/fail2ban/nginx-badbots.conf
index c32b9f2a..b2ac9626 100644
--- a/conf/fail2ban/nginx-badbots.conf
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/nginx-badbots.conf
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-# fail2ban filter configuration for nginx
-
-
-[Definition]
-
-
-failregex = ^ \[error\] \d+#\d+: \*\d+ user "\S+":? (password mismatch|was not found in ".*"), client: <HOST>, server: \S+, request: "\S+ \S+ HTTP/\d+\.\d+", host: "\S+"\s*$
-	    ^ \[error\] \d+#\d+: \*\d+ no user/password was provided for basic authentication, client: <HOST>, server: \S+, request: "\S+ \S+ HTTP/\d+\.\d+", host: "\S+"\s*$
-
-ignoreregex = 
-
-# DEV NOTES:
-# Based on samples in https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/pull/43/files
-# Extensive search of all nginx auth failures not done yet.
-# 
-# Author: Daniel Black
-alon@box:/etc/fail2ban$ cat filter.d/nginx-badbots.conf 
 # Fail2Ban configuration file
 #
 # Regexp to catch known spambots and software alike. Please verify