diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/location-skylink b/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/location-skylink
index 9171e0f9..17661507 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/location-skylink
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/location-skylink
@@ -3,19 +3,10 @@ include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-buffer;
 include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-downloads;
 include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/track-download;
 
-limit_conn downloads_by_ip 100; # ddos protection: max 100 downloads at a time
-
 # ensure that skylink that we pass around is base64 encoded (transform base32 encoded ones)
 # this is important because we want only one format in cache keys and logs
 set_by_lua_block $skylink { return require("skynet.skylink").parse(ngx.var.skylink) }
 
-# default download rate to unlimited
-set $limit_rate 0;
-
-limit_rate_after 512k;
-limit_rate $limit_rate;
-
-proxy_read_timeout 600;
 proxy_set_header User-Agent: Sia-Agent;
 
 proxy_pass http://sia:9980/skynet/skylink/$skylink$path$is_args$args;