diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/UpgradeController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/UpgradeController.php
index db9837e6c..d72ef384b 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/UpgradeController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/UpgradeController.php
@@ -77,41 +77,6 @@ class UpgradeController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $file = new SplFileObject($iniFile, "w");
         $file->fwrite($beginning."\n".$newLines.$end);
 
-        $iniFile = isset($_SERVER['AIRTIME_BASE']) ? $_SERVER['AIRTIME_BASE']."application.ini" : "/usr/share/airtime/application/configs/application.ini";
-        
-        //update application.ini
-        $newLines = "resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH '/modules'\n".
-                    "resources.frontController.plugins.putHandler = 'Zend_Controller_Plugin_PutHandler'\n".
-                    ";load everything in the modules directory including models\n".
-                    "resources.modules[] = ''\n";
-
-        $currentIniFile = file_get_contents($iniFile);
-
-        /* We want to add the new lines immediately after the first line, '[production]'
-         * We read the first line into $beginning, and the rest of the file into $end.
-         * Then overwrite the current application.ini file with $beginning, $newLines, and $end
-         */
-        $lines = explode("\n", $currentIniFile);
-        $beginning = implode("\n", array_slice($lines, 0,1));
-
-        //check that first line is '[production]'
-        if ($beginning != '[production]') {
-            $this->getResponse()
-                ->setHttpResponseCode(400)
-                ->appendBody('Upgrade to Airtime 2.5.3 FAILED. Could not upgrade application.ini');
-            return;
-        }
-        $end = implode("\n", array_slice($lines, 1));
-        
-        if (!is_writeable($iniFile)) {
-            $this->getResponse()
-                ->setHttpResponseCode(400)
-                ->appendBody('Upgrade to Airtime 2.5.3 FAILED. Could not upgrade application.ini');
-            return;
-        }
-        $file = new SplFileObject($iniFile, "w");
-        $file->fwrite($beginning."\n".$newLines.$end);
-
         //delete maintenance.txt to give users access back to Airtime
         unlink($maintenanceFile);