diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 2f01de1..25c407e 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ git submodule init && git submodule update
 
 # ln the various files
 echo "Sym-linking the various config files"
-test -L $HOME/.curlrc || ln -f -s $BASEDIR/curlrc $HOME/.curlrc
 test -L $HOME/.gitignore || ln -f -s $BASEDIR/gitignore $HOME/.gitignore
 test -L $HOME/.hushlogin || ln -f -s $BASEDIR/hushlogin $HOME/.hushlogin
 test -d $HOME/.ncmpcpp || mkdir $HOME/.ncmpcpp
diff --git a/curlrc b/curlrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fcd581..0000000
--- a/curlrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Mask as IE9 on Win7 to foil crappy UA-sniffers
-user-agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)"
-
-# When follwing a redirect, use previous URL as the referer
-referer = ";auto"
-
-# Wait 60 seconds for timeout
-connect-timeout = 60