diff --git a/lib/private/setup.php b/lib/private/setup.php
index e3a29b6..7eeeb92 100644
--- a/lib/private/setup.php
+++ b/lib/private/setup.php
@@ -230,12 +230,6 @@ class OC_Setup {
 			// out that this is indeed an ownCloud data directory
 			file_put_contents(OC_Config::getValue('datadirectory', OC::$SERVERROOT.'/data').'/.ocdata', '');
 
-			// Update htaccess files for apache hosts
-			if (isset($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE']) && strstr($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Apache')) {
-				self::updateHtaccess();
-				self::protectDataDirectory();
-			}
-
 			//and we are done
 			OC_Config::setValue('installed', true);
 		}
diff --git a/lib/private/updater.php b/lib/private/updater.php
index 08731c7..2b722e3 100644
--- a/lib/private/updater.php
+++ b/lib/private/updater.php
@@ -202,15 +202,6 @@ class Updater extends BasicEmitter {
 			throw new \Exception('Updates between multiple major versions are unsupported.');
 		}
 
-		// Update htaccess files for apache hosts
-		if (isset($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE']) && strstr($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Apache')) {
-			try {
-				\OC_Setup::updateHtaccess();
-			} catch (\Exception $e) {
-				throw new \Exception($e->getMessage());
-			}
-		}
-
 		// create empty file in data dir, so we can later find
 		// out that this is indeed an ownCloud data directory
 		// (in case it didn't exist before)