diff --git a/images/web/config/settings.local.yml b/images/web/config/settings.local.yml
index e06c3871..a42b2e0c 100644
--- a/images/web/config/settings.local.yml
+++ b/images/web/config/settings.local.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ attribution_url: "http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/copyright"
 support_email: "ohm-admins@googlegroups.com"
 email_from: "OpenHistoricalMap <ohm-admins@googlegroups.com>"
 email_return_path: "ohm-admins@googlegroups.com"
-status: "api_readonly"
 max_number_of_nodes: 100000
 api_timeout: 600
 web_timeout: 600