diff --git a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
index 634567c0c286f328c0676e364bbfc2c3efdcef25..852cb39e0bfe988a96006bd9dbfecaa779fdc9f8 100644
--- a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
+++ b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ Alias /.well-known/acme-challenge /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/acme/.well-know
 <Directory /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/acme/.well-known/acme-challenge>
 		<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='>' value='2.2' format='version'>
 		Require all granted
-		RewriteEngine on
-		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^/\.well-known/acme-challenge
-		RewriteRule ^ - [END]
 		<tmpl_else>
         Order allow,deny
         Allow from all
diff --git a/server/conf/vhost.conf.master b/server/conf/vhost.conf.master
index dbee3a3375b4d01522fc41ff8819ae24349f7731..23144aafa072c688e53d60c607d9eb3f3c3cf923 100644
--- a/server/conf/vhost.conf.master
+++ b/server/conf/vhost.conf.master
@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@
 
 <tmpl_if name="rewrite_enabled">
 		RewriteEngine on
+<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='>' value='2.2' format='version'>
+		RewriteEngine on
+		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
+		RewriteRule ^ - [END]
+</tmpl_if>
 <tmpl_if name='seo_redirect_enabled'>
 		RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} <tmpl_var name='seo_redirect_operator'>^<tmpl_var name='seo_redirect_origin_domain'>$ [NC]
 		<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='<' value='2.4' format='version'>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/</tmpl_if>