diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 97e2da3..f27fc53 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -51,19 +51,6 @@ module Nineminutes
 
     config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = false
 
-    # precompile all assets that don't start with an underscore '_'
-    # so we don't have to list all of them here. This is similar to
-    # the view layer where files with '_' are partials which are only
-    # included in other files.
-    # idea taken from: https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/3094
-    config.assets.precompile = [ /
-      ^          # Start of path
-      ((.*?)\/)? # Any directories
-      (?!_)      # Leading underscore
-      [^\/]*     # Everything else
-      $          # End of path
-    /x ]
-
     # Defaults to '/assets'
     # config.assets.prefix = '/asset-files'
   end