diff --git a/compose/frontend/StaticBuild b/compose/frontend/StaticBuild
index 46647dbe..4802d5ff 100644
--- a/compose/frontend/StaticBuild
+++ b/compose/frontend/StaticBuild
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ COPY ./compose/frontend/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d
 COPY --from=buildnode /app/build /usr/share/nginx/html
 RUN chmod -R 777 /run /var/log/nginx /var/cache/nginx /usr/share/nginx/html/static/js
 
-#FOUR LINES BELOW ARE TEMPORARY FOR THE PRIVATE BETA
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/apache2 
-RUN touch /etc/apache2/.htpasswd 
-RUN chmod -R 777 /etc/apache2/.htpasswd 
-RUN chmod -R 777 /etc/nginx/conf.d
-
-
 ARG DEBUG_BUILD=false
 
 # Add debugging tools into builds if enabled
diff --git a/compose/frontend/default.conf b/compose/frontend/default.conf
index e7612414..fafe1b3c 100644
--- a/compose/frontend/default.conf
+++ b/compose/frontend/default.conf
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ server {
         root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
         index  index.html index.htm;
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
-        auth_basic           "Beta Site";
-        auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/.htpasswd;
     }
 
     proxy_cache cache;
diff --git a/compose/frontend/entrypoint b/compose/frontend/entrypoint
index 3e778fa0..3ec76401 100644
--- a/compose/frontend/entrypoint
+++ b/compose/frontend/entrypoint
@@ -11,14 +11,4 @@ echo -e "window.ROUTE_PLANNER_KEY='${REACT_APP_ROUTE_PLANNER_KEY}';" >> $MAIN
 echo -e "window.REPLAY_THE_DAY='${REACT_APP_REPLAY_THE_DAY}';" >> $MAIN
 
 # Set the environment to be used for caching django content
-sed -i "s~{ENVIRONMENT}~$ENVIRONMENT~g" /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-
-#FOLLOWING SECTION IS TEMPORARY FOR THE PRIVATE BETA
-# Check if $ENVIRONMENT is not set to "prod". If it is prod we want to keep these lines
-if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" != "prod" ]; then
-    # Remove the specified lines from default.conf
-    sed -i '/auth_basic           "Beta Site";/d' /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-    sed -i '/auth_basic_user_file \/etc\/apache2\/.htpasswd;/d' /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-fi
-#Copy the content of the secret into the .htpasswd file.
-echo "$TEMP_AUTH_SECRET" >> /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
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+sed -i "s~{ENVIRONMENT}~$ENVIRONMENT~g" /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
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