diff --git a/Caddyfile b/Caddyfile
index 35de961..4bb9ed9 100644
--- a/Caddyfile
+++ b/Caddyfile
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ root * src
 file_server
 templates {
 	extensions {
-		hitCounter {
-			style bright_green
-			pad_digits 6
-		}
+		# Uncomment this if you have the caddy-hitcounter plugin (https://github.com/mholt/caddy-hitcounter):
+		# hitCounter {
+		# 	style bright_green
+		# 	pad_digits 6
+		# }
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d805baa..8b85e6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This is the source of the Caddy website, [caddyserver.com](https://caddyserver.c
 ## Requirements
 
 - Caddy v2.7.6 or newer (installed in your PATH as `caddy`)
-- To display the retro hit counter (just for fun), the [caddy-hitcounter](https://github.com/mholt/caddy-hitcounter) plugin.
+- To display the retro hit counter (just for fun), the [caddy-hitcounter](https://github.com/mholt/caddy-hitcounter) plugin. Then uncomment the relevant lines in the Caddyfile.
 
 
 ## Quick start
diff --git a/new/Caddyfile b/new/Caddyfile
deleted file mode 100644
index f0d0ffc..0000000
--- a/new/Caddyfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{
-	debug
-}
-
-localhost {
-	file_server
-	templates {
-		extensions {
-			hitCounter {
-				style bright_green
-				pad_digits 6
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	try_files {path}.html {path}
-
-	handle_path /temporary-markdown-proxy/* {
-		reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:10434
-	}
-}
-
-:10434 {
-	log
-	bind 127.0.0.1
-	root ../src/docs/markdown
-	uri strip_prefix /docs
-	try_files {path}.md {path}
-	file_server
-}