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@@ -12,14 +12,3 @@ Backend for the Contact Hub application based on the  mu.semte.ch microservices
 You can shut down using `docker-compose stop` and remove everything using `docker-compose rm`.
 
 
-## Add username/password for Basic Auth
-
-By default, there are two accounts you can use to log-in using basic auth:
-
-- root/root
-- contacthub/contacthub
-
-To add new accounts, execute the following command, then add the result to `./config/proxy/nginx.htpasswd`
-
-`docker run --rm --entrypoint htpasswd registry:2.7.0 -bn username password`
-