diff --git a/deployment/nginx/includes/canvas.conf b/deployment/nginx/includes/canvas.conf
index b82dd12..5309e43 100644
--- a/deployment/nginx/includes/canvas.conf
+++ b/deployment/nginx/includes/canvas.conf
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 include /etc/nginx/includes/certbotroot.conf;
 
 location / {
-  proxy_no_cache 1;
-  if ($http_user_agent ~* (python-requests)) {
-    return 503;
-  }
   limit_req zone=general burst=20 delay=10;
   proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
   client_max_body_size 3M;
@@ -23,9 +19,7 @@ location / {
 }
 
 location = / {
-  if ($http_user_agent ~* (python-requests)) {
-    return 503;
-  }
+  proxy_no_cache 1;
   if ( $query_string ) { return 403; }
   limit_req zone=captcha burst=5;
   proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;