diff --git a/core/server/index.js b/core/server/index.js
index ed63b45351..4963d21012 100644
--- a/core/server/index.js
+++ b/core/server/index.js
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ function init(options) {
 
         // ##Configuration
 
-        // return the correct mime type for woff files
-        express.static.mime.define({'application/font-woff': ['woff']});
-
         // enabled gzip compression by default
         if (config.server.compress !== false) {
             blogApp.use(compress());