diff --git a/hubmap-auth/Dockerfile b/hubmap-auth/Dockerfile
index d22d5d7..94577c0 100644
--- a/hubmap-auth/Dockerfile
+++ b/hubmap-auth/Dockerfile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ module_hotfixes=true\n'\
 RUN yum install -y yum-utils && \
     yum-config-manager --enable nginx-mainline && \
     yum install -y nginx && \
-    mv nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && \
     pip install -r src/requirements.txt && \
     chmod +x start.sh && \
     yum clean all 
diff --git a/hubmap-auth/nginx.conf b/hubmap-auth/nginx.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a76c83..0000000
--- a/hubmap-auth/nginx.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# The only change needed is to comment out the user nginx; line 
-# to avoid a warning since this directive is only meaningfull when Nginx is running as root
-# user  nginx;
-worker_processes  1;
-
-error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
-pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
-
-
-events {
-    worker_connections  1024;
-}
-
-
-http {
-    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
-    default_type  application/octet-stream;
-
-    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
-                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
-                      '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
-    
-    # For better debugging upstream hubmap-auth service
-    # All time values are measured in seconds with millisecond resolution
-    log_format upstream_log '[$time_local] $remote_addr - $remote_user '
-                            '$host upstream: $upstream_addr '
-                            '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
-                            '$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for" '
-                            'request_time=$request_time upstream_connect_time=$upstream_connect_time upstream_header_time=$upstream_header_time upstream_response_time=$upstream_response_time';
-
-    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;
-
-    sendfile        on;
-    #tcp_nopush     on;
-
-    keepalive_timeout  65;
-
-    #gzip  on;
-
-    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
-}
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-dev/hubmap-auth.conf b/nginx/conf.d-dev/hubmap-auth.conf
index 42b2847..d8b150a 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-dev/hubmap-auth.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-dev/hubmap-auth.conf
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ server {
     ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
 
     # Logging to the mounted volume for outside container access
-    # Use the upstream_log log_format defiend in the main nginx.conf for better debugging
-    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway.log upstream_log;
+    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway.log;
     error_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_error_gateway.log warn;
     
     location = /favicon.ico {
@@ -91,8 +90,7 @@ server {
     ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
 
     # Logging to the mounted volume for outside container access
-    # Use the upstream_log log_format defiend in the main nginx.conf for better debugging
-    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log upstream_log;
+    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log;
     error_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_error_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log warn;
     
     location = /favicon.ico {
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-prod/hubmap-auth.conf b/nginx/conf.d-prod/hubmap-auth.conf
index e16d8e2..83fd9eb 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-prod/hubmap-auth.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-prod/hubmap-auth.conf
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ server {
     ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
 
     # Logging to the mounted volume for outside container access
-    # Use the upstream_log log_format defiend in the main nginx.conf for better debugging
-    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway.log upstream_log;
+    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway.log;
     error_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_error_gateway.log warn;
     
     location = /favicon.ico {
@@ -91,8 +90,7 @@ server {
     ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
 
     # Logging to the mounted volume for outside container access
-    # Use the upstream_log log_format defiend in the main nginx.conf for better debugging
-    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log upstream_log;
+    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log;
     error_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_error_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log warn;
     
     location = /favicon.ico {
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-test/hubmap-auth.conf b/nginx/conf.d-test/hubmap-auth.conf
index f19b70a..c078b04 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-test/hubmap-auth.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-test/hubmap-auth.conf
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ server {
     ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
 
     # Logging to the mounted volume for outside container access
-    # Use the upstream_log log_format defiend in the main nginx.conf for better debugging
-    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway.log upstream_log;
+    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway.log;
     error_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_error_gateway.log warn;
     
     location = /favicon.ico {
@@ -91,8 +90,7 @@ server {
     ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
 
     # Logging to the mounted volume for outside container access
-    # Use the upstream_log log_format defiend in the main nginx.conf for better debugging
-    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log upstream_log;
+    access_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_access_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log;
     error_log /usr/src/app/log/nginx_error_gateway_for_ingest-api_and_assets.log warn;
     
     location = /favicon.ico {