diff --git a/ietf/urls.py b/ietf/urls.py
index b189b76e5..8fdbe8b5e 100644
--- a/ietf/urls.py
+++ b/ietf/urls.py
@@ -70,5 +70,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
 if settings.SERVER_MODE in ('development', 'test'):
     urlpatterns += patterns('',
         (r'^(?P<path>(?:images|css|js)/.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
+        (r'^(?P<path>robots\.txt)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
         (r'^_test500/$', lambda x: None),
 	)
diff --git a/static/robots.txt b/static/robots.txt
index 3543c83f6..1f53798bb 100644
--- a/static/robots.txt
+++ b/static/robots.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,2 @@
 User-agent: *
-Disallow: /idtracker/feedback
-Disallow: /cgi-bin/idtracker.cgi
-Disallow: /cgi-bin/wg/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-ietf-hubmib-etherif-MIB/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-ietf-hubmib-etherif-mib/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-jamoussi-mpls-crldp-applic/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-mavrakis-videotex-url-spec/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-perkins-bits/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-perkins-float/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-rauschenbach-pop3-framework/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-shivkumar-ldapext-dirtxn/
-Disallow: /drafts/draft-wu-mpls-multicast-te/
+Disallow: /