diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/auth.py b/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/auth.py
index af1c552f..b1f37d17 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/auth.py
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/auth.py
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ def nginx_authentication():
     response = flask.Response()
     for key, value in headers.items():
         response.headers[key] = str(value)
-    if ("Auth-Status" in headers) and (headers["Auth-Status"]=="OK"):
-        utils.limiter.reset(flask.request.headers["Client-Ip"])
-    else:
+    if ("Auth-Status" not in headers) or (headers["Auth-Status"]!="OK"):
         utils.limiter.hit(flask.request.headers["Client-Ip"])
 
     return response
diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/limiter.py b/core/admin/mailu/limiter.py
index 4df78d27..fd0b138b 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/limiter.py
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/limiter.py
@@ -35,11 +35,3 @@ class Limiter:
         #    return
         if not self.limiter.hit(self.rate,"client-ip",clientip):
             raise RateLimitExceeded()
-
-    def reset(self,clientip):
-        # TODO: activate this code if we have limits at webmail level
-        #if ipaddress.ip_address(clientip) in self.subnet:
-        #    # no limits for internal requests (e.g. from webmail)
-        #    return
-        # limit reset is not supported by the rate limit library
-        pass