diff --git a/conservancy/settings/dev.py b/conservancy/settings/dev.py
index b77d2d078cc4ab80089df86ee8f3af0395a6565f..8a20d6c9564f3e821bd57718bca5988fd6e23106 100644
--- a/conservancy/settings/dev.py
+++ b/conservancy/settings/dev.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ from .base import *
 DEBUG = True
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
-FORCE_CANONICAL_HOSTNAME = False
-
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'NAME': 'conservancy-website.sqlite3',