diff --git a/auth.php b/auth.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b95a8..0000000
--- a/auth.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-// No direct call
-if( !defined( 'YOURLS_ABSPATH' ) ) die();
-
-$auth = yourls_is_valid_user();
-
-if( $auth !== true ) {
-
-	// API mode,
-	if ( yourls_is_API() ) {
-		$format = ( isset($_REQUEST['format']) ? $_REQUEST['format'] : 'xml' );
-		$callback = ( isset($_REQUEST['callback']) ? $_REQUEST['callback'] : '' );
-		yourls_api_output( $format, array(
-			'simple' => $auth,
-			'message' => $auth,
-			'errorCode' => 403,
-			'callback' => $callback,
-		) );
-
-	// Regular mode
-	} else {
-		yourls_login_screen( $auth );
-	}
-
-	die();
-}
-
-yourls_do_action( 'auth_successful' );
-
-/*
- * The following code is a shim that helps users store passwords securely in config.php
- * by storing a password hash and removing the plaintext.
- *
- * TODO: Remove this once real user management is implemented
- */
-
-// Did we just fail at encrypting passwords ?
-if ( isset( $_GET['dismiss'] ) && $_GET['dismiss'] == 'hasherror' ) {
-	yourls_update_option( 'defer_hashing_error', time() + 86400 * 7 ); // now + 1 week
-
-} else {
-
-	// Encrypt passwords that are clear text
-	if ( yourls_maybe_hash_passwords() ) {
-        $hash = yourls_hash_passwords_now( YOURLS_CONFIGFILE );
-        if ( $hash === true ) {
-            // Hashing succesful. Remove flag from DB if any.
-            if( yourls_get_option( 'defer_hashing_error' ) )
-                yourls_delete_option( 'defer_hashing_error' );
-        } else {
-            // It failed, display message for first time or if last time was a week ago
-            if ( time() > yourls_get_option( 'defer_hashing_error' ) or !yourls_get_option( 'defer_hashing_error' ) ) {
-                $message  = yourls_s( 'Could not auto-encrypt passwords. Error was: "%s".', $hash );
-                $message .= ' ';
-                $message .= yourls_s( '<a href="%s">Get help</a>.', 'http://yourls.org/userpassword' );
-                $message .= '</p><p>';
-                $message .= yourls_s( '<a href="%s">Click here</a> to dismiss this message for one week.', '?dismiss=hasherror' );
-
-                yourls_add_notice( $message );
-            }
-        }
-	}
-}