diff --git a/sigi/local_settings.template b/sigi/local_settings.template
index f601a0b..c9bdc98 100644
--- a/sigi/local_settings.template
+++ b/sigi/local_settings.template
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #DEBUG = False
 #TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
-#MAINTENANCE_MODE = False
 
 #ADMINS = (('root', 'root@localhost'),)
 #MANAGERS = ADMINS
diff --git a/sigi/middleware.py b/sigi/middleware.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f736951..0000000
--- a/sigi/middleware.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-try:
-    # try use maintenancemode middleware from django-maintenancemode project
-    import maintenancemode.middleware
-    class MaintenanceModeMiddleware(maintenancemode.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware):
-        pass
-except ImportError:
-    # otherwise, a thin wrapper for middleware
-    class MaintenanceModeMiddleware(object):
-        pass
diff --git a/sigi/settings.py b/sigi/settings.py
index 5fe0766..c893b40 100644
--- a/sigi/settings.py
+++ b/sigi/settings.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ PROJECT_DIR = BASE_DIR + '/sigi'
 
 DEBUG = True
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
-MAINTENANCE_MODE = False
 
 # I can't determine this, use local_settings.py.
 ADMINS = (('root', 'root@localhost'),)
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'sigi.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',