diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38b3ca7e5..9355d94fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public/stylesheets/application.css
 public/stylesheets/sessions.css
 public/stylesheets/ui.css
 public/stylesheets/mobile.css
-public/diaspora
 public/well-known/host-meta
 spec/fixtures/users.yaml
 
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 3d38e24c7..90e8193e7 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -26,12 +26,3 @@ end
 
 # Initialize the rails application
 Diaspora::Application.initialize!
-
-# Presume the assets are exposed on the sub_uri.
-if AppConfig[ :pod_uri].path != "/"
-    ActionController::Base.asset_host =
-        Proc.new{ |source, request|
-           request.scheme + "://" + 
-               request.host_with_port + AppConfig[:pod_uri].path
-        }
-end
diff --git a/features/uri-tests/uri.feature b/features/uri-tests/uri.feature
index e78e9b813..124dc821a 100644
--- a/features/uri-tests/uri.feature
+++ b/features/uri-tests/uri.feature
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Feature: Flexible uri deployment
     Scenario: Present application to user
         Given configuration parameter pod_url is http://localhost:3000/diaspora
         When I visit url http://localhost:3000/diaspora
-        And  I retrieve http://localhost:3000/diaspora/ into tmp/index.html
+        And  I retrieve http://localhost:3000/diaspora into tmp/index.html
         Then I should see "put something in"
         And  a page-asset should be http://localhost:3000/diaspora/stylesheets/ui.css
         And  I should match 'http://localhost:3000/diaspora/stylesheets/blueprint/print.css.[0-9]+"' in tmp/index.html
diff --git a/script/get_env.sh b/script/get_env.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 83c4e0e4a..000000000
--- a/script/get_env.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Get value from AppConfig
-#
-# Usage get_env [key ...]
-
-path=$( readlink -fn $0) && cd $(dirname $path)/.. || exit 2
-
-size=0
-size=$( wc tmp/environment 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}') || :
-if [[ "$size" = "0"  || tmp/environment -ot config/app_config.yml ]]
-then
-    ruby > tmp/environment << 'EOT'
-        require File.join('config', 'environment.rb')
-        AppConfig.config_vars.each { |key, value| 
-           puts key.to_s + "\t" + value.to_s 
-        }
-        puts "pod_uri.host\t" + AppConfig[:pod_uri].host.to_s
-        puts "pod_uri.path\t" + AppConfig[:pod_uri].path.to_s
-        puts "pod_uri.port\t" + AppConfig[:pod_uri].port.to_s
-EOT
-fi
-
-for key in $@; do
-    awk -v key=$key '{ if ($1 == key ) print $2 }' < tmp/environment
-done
diff --git a/script/server b/script/server
index 1a00d5f38..bfc4b5380 100755
--- a/script/server
+++ b/script/server
@@ -9,22 +9,12 @@ OS=`uname -s`
 
 [ -e config/server.sh ] && source config/server.sh
 
-function init_suburi_assets
-# fix a symlink corresponding to sub-uri
-{
-    find public -maxdepth 1 -type l -delete
-    sub_uri=$(./script/get_env.sh pod_uri.path)
-    if [  -n "$sub_uri" -a "$sub_uri"  != "/" ]; then
-        cd public; ln -sf . ${sub_uri##/}; cd ..
-    fi
-}
-
 function init_public
 # Create all dynamically generated files in public/ folder
 {
     bundle exec thin \
-        -d --pid log/thin.pid --address localhost --port $THIN_PORT \
-        start
+         -d --pid log/thin.pid --address localhost --port $THIN_PORT \
+         start
     for ((i = 0; i < 30; i += 1)) do
         sleep 2
         wget -q -O tmp/server.html http://localhost:$THIN_PORT && \
@@ -117,6 +107,8 @@ if [ -n "$services" ]; then
     exit 64
 fi
 
+
+
 # Check if Mongo is running
 if  ! ps ax | grep -v grep | grep mongod >/dev/null
 then
@@ -157,7 +149,6 @@ if [ ! -e 'public/stylesheets/application.css' ]; then
     exit 66
 fi
 
-[ -w public ] && init_suburi_assets
 
 mkdir -p -v log/thin/
 bundle exec ruby ./script/websocket_server.rb&