diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index abf3aaf009..ae109fffa2 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -9,13 +9,9 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
 
   # PROTECTED DIRECTORIES
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
-  RewriteRule ^/?(data|api|client)/ - [F]
+  RewriteRule ^/?(api|client)/ - [F]
 
-  RewriteRule ^/?data/config\.php$ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?data/logs/ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?data/cache/ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?data/upload/ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?data/\.backup/ - [F]
+  RewriteRule ^/?data/ - [F]
   RewriteRule ^/?application/ - [F]
   RewriteRule ^/?custom/ - [F]
   RewriteRule ^/?vendor/ - [F]
diff --git a/install/core/config.php b/install/core/config.php
index 186a02799c..9168f00669 100644
--- a/install/core/config.php
+++ b/install/core/config.php
@@ -67,21 +67,12 @@ service apache2 restart',
         try_files /reset.html =404;
     }
 
-    location ^~ (data|api)/ {
+    location ^~ (api|client)/ {
         if (-e $request_filename){
             return 403;
         }
     }
-    location ^~ /data/logs/ {
-        deny all;
-    }
-    location ^~ /data/config.php {
-        deny all;
-    }
-    location ^~ /data/cache/ {
-        deny all;
-    }
-    location ^~ /data/upload/ {
+    location ^~ /data/ {
         deny all;
     }
     location ^~ /application/ {