diff --git a/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf b/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
index c8ba0f51a..c5c66c3ed 100644
--- a/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+++ b/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ server {
     rewrite ^/user(.*)$ /en/users$1;
     rewrite ^/assertion(.*)$ /en/affiliations$1;
 
-    # Temporary Rule, when the UI app is served from the root instead of `/ui` then this rewrite rule can be removed. 
-    rewrite ^/ui/(.*)$ /$1 last; 
- 
-    # 1.)  /$ -> /en/index.html
+    # 1.)  if no langCode in path eg '/' then default to /en/index.html
     try_files /ui/en/index.html /ui/en/index.html; 
  
     # 2.) /<langCode>$ -> /<langCode>/index.html