diff --git a/lib/init-website.php b/lib/init-website.php
index a34e4c82..fff33936 100644
--- a/lib/init-website.php
+++ b/lib/init-website.php
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
 	}
 	if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'OPTIONS') exit;
 
-	if (CONST_ClosedForIndexing && strpos(CONST_ClosedForIndexingExceptionIPs, ','.$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"].',') === false)
-	{
-		echo "Closed for re-indexing...";
-		exit;
-	}
-
 	$aBucketKeys = array();
 
 	if (isset($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])) $aBucketKeys[] = str_replace('www.','',strtolower(parse_url($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"], PHP_URL_HOST)));
diff --git a/settings/settings.php b/settings/settings.php
index 0c8d76bd..8f2fb1d9 100644
--- a/settings/settings.php
+++ b/settings/settings.php
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@
 
 	// Website settings
 	@define('CONST_NoAccessControl', true);
-	@define('CONST_ClosedForIndexing', false);
-	@define('CONST_ClosedForIndexingExceptionIPs', '');
 	@define('CONST_BlockedIPs', '');
 	@define('CONST_BulkUserIPs', '');
 	@define('CONST_BlockMessage', ''); // additional info to show for blocked IPs