--- a/conf/graphite.wsgi.example	2015-11-11 13:22:51.025797310 +0100
+++ b/conf/graphite.wsgi.example	2015-11-11 13:23:22.280070370 +0100
@@ -15,30 +15,6 @@
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()
 
-try:
-    import whitenoise
-except ImportError:
-    whitenoise = False
-else:
-    # WhiteNoise < 2.0.1 does not support Python 2.6
-    if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7):
-        whitenoise_version = tuple(map(
-                int, getattr(whitenoise, '__version__', '0').split('.')))
-        if whitenoise_version < (2, 0, 1):
-            whitenoise = False
-
-if whitenoise:
-    from whitenoise.django import DjangoWhiteNoise
-    application = DjangoWhiteNoise(application)
-    prefix = "/".join((settings.URL_PREFIX.strip('/'), 'static'))
-    for directory in settings.STATICFILES_DIRS:
-        application.add_files(directory, prefix=prefix)
-    for app_path in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
-        module = import_module(app_path)
-        directory = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(module.__file__), 'static')
-        if os.path.isdir(directory):
-            application.add_files(directory, prefix=prefix)
-
 # Initializing the search index can be very expensive. The import below
 # ensures the index is preloaded before any requests are handed to the
 # process.