diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-badrequests.conf b/conf/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-badrequests.conf
index 5ba83405..0265699d 100644
--- a/conf/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-badrequests.conf
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-badrequests.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Ban requests for non-existing or not-allowed resources
-# Ban requests for 40x results
 
 [Definition]
-# first regex for error.log, second for access.log
+# regex for nginx error.log
 failregex = ^.* \[error\] .*2: No such file or directory.*client: <HOST>.*$
-	    ^<HOST> - .*"(GET|POST|HEAD).*HTTP.*" (400|401|403|404) .*$
 ignoreregex = ^.*(robots.txt|favicon.ico).*$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/jail.d/badrequests.conf b/conf/fail2ban/jail.d/badrequests.conf
index d80e527c..7fd87e72 100644
--- a/conf/fail2ban/jail.d/badrequests.conf
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/jail.d/badrequests.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ enabled  = true
 port     = http,https
 filter   = nginx-badrequests
 logpath = /var/log/nginx/error.log
-          /var/log/nginx/access.log
 maxretry = 8
 findtime = 15m
 bantime = 15m