diff --git a/lib/swift_utils.py b/lib/swift_utils.py
index 4b3ed40..61893de 100644
--- a/lib/swift_utils.py
+++ b/lib/swift_utils.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ MEMCACHED_CONF = '/etc/memcached.conf'
 SWIFT_RINGS_CONF = '/etc/apache2/conf.d/swift-rings'
 SWIFT_RINGS_24_CONF = '/etc/apache2/conf-available/swift-rings.conf'
 HAPROXY_CONF = '/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg'
-APACHE_PORTS_CONF = '/etc/apache2/ports.conf'
 APACHE_SITES_AVAILABLE = '/etc/apache2/sites-available'
 APACHE_SITE_CONF = os.path.join(APACHE_SITES_AVAILABLE,
                                 'openstack_https_frontend')
@@ -200,10 +199,6 @@ CONFIG_FILES = OrderedDict([
         'hook_contexts': [MemcachedContext()],
         'services': ['memcached'],
     }),
-    (APACHE_PORTS_CONF, {
-        'contexts': [],
-        'services': ['apache2'],
-    }),
 ])
 
 
diff --git a/templates/ports.conf b/templates/ports.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index b46c728..0000000
--- a/templates/ports.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#File written by Juju: leave default ports closed (see LP 1845665).