diff --git a/conservancy/middleware.py b/conservancy/middleware.py
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--- a/conservancy/middleware.py
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-from django import http
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.cache import patch_response_headers
-from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
-
-
-class ForceCanonicalHostnameMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
-    # MiddlewareMixin provides compatiiblity for Django 1.10 style middleware.
-
-    def process_request(self, request):
-        """Modified common middleware for Conservancy site
-
-        * Performs redirects to strip trailing "index.html"
-        * performs redirects based on APPEND_SLASH
-        * performs redirects based on site-specific REDIRECT_TABLE
-        * adds cache headers to provide hints to squid
-        """
-
-        # Never allow connection to the /admin part of the site without SSL
-        if (not request.is_secure) and request.path.startswith('/admin'):
-            url = 'https://sfconservancy.org%s' % request.path
-            return http.HttpResponseRedirect(url)
-
-        # Check for a redirect based on settings.APPEND_SLASH
-        host = request.get_host()
-        old_url = [host, request.path]
-        new_url = old_url[:]
-        # Append a slash if append_slash is set and the URL doesn't have a
-        # trailing slash or a file extension.
-        if settings.APPEND_SLASH and (old_url[1][-1] != '/') and ('.' not in old_url[1].split('/')[-1]):
-            new_url[1] = new_url[1] + '/'
-            if settings.DEBUG and request.method == 'POST':
-                raise(RuntimeError, "You called this URL via POST, but the URL doesn't end in a slash and you have APPEND_SLASH set. Django can't redirect to the slash URL while maintaining POST data. Change your form to point to {}{} (note the trailing slash), or set APPEND_SLASH=False in your Django settings.".format(new_url[0], new_url[1]))
-        # Strip trailing index.html
-        if new_url[1].endswith('/index.html'):
-            new_url[1] = new_url[1][:new_url[1].rfind('index.html')]
-        # Consult redirect table (if exists)
-        if hasattr(settings, "REDIRECT_TABLE"):
-            if new_url[1] in settings.REDIRECT_TABLE:
-                new_url[1] = settings.REDIRECT_TABLE[new_url[1]]
-        if new_url != old_url:
-            # Force canonical hostname
-            if settings.FORCE_CANONICAL_HOSTNAME:
-                new_url[0] = settings.FORCE_CANONICAL_HOSTNAME
-            # Redirect
-            if new_url[0]:
-                newurl = "{}://{}{}".format(request.is_secure() and 'https' or 'http', new_url[0], new_url[1])
-            else:
-                newurl = new_url[1]
-            if request.GET:
-                newurl += '?' + request.GET.urlencode()
-            return http.HttpResponseRedirect(newurl)
-
-        return None
-
-    def process_response(self, request, response):
-        # provide hints to squid
-        if request.method in ('GET', 'HEAD') and response.status_code == 200:
-            patch_response_headers(response)
-        return response