diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 45ba87df42cae293a73d47329813ee205cce3064..67fe556826e9fc94babc3a5bee37e4876dd8d634 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 ## workaround for HTTP authorization
 ## in CGI environment
 
-    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
+##    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
 ############################################
 ## TRACE and TRACK HTTP methods disabled to prevent XSS attacks