diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 246c03b..10563d5 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@ RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA]
     ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 year"
 </IfModule>
 
-# Prevent hotlinking (allow empty referrers and local/dev environments)
-<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-    # Allow empty referrers (direct requests, private browsing)
-    # Allow stellaamor.com, local dev, and localhost
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https?://(www\.)?stellaamor\.com/ [NC]
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http?://stellaamor\.local [NC]
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http?://127\.0\.0\.1 [NC]
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http?://localhost [NC]
-    RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|webp|css|js|woff|woff2)$ - [NC,F,L]
-</IfModule>
-
 # Security headers
 <IfModule mod_headers.c>
     Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"