diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 24ca49ca..60cdf16c 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ window.iitcBuildDate = '@@BUILDDATE@@';
 // disable vanilla JS
 window.onload = function() {};
 
-if(window.location.protocol !== 'https:') {
-  var redir = window.location.href.replace(/^http:/, 'https:');
-  window.location = redir;
-  throw('Need to load HTTPS version.');
-}
 
 // rescue user data from original page
 var scr = document.getElementsByTagName('script');