--- a/web/application.py	Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2015 +0100
+++ b/web/application.py	Tue Mar 31 10:22:05 2015 +0200
@@ -365,12 +365,6 @@
                 # several cubes like registration or forgotten password rely on
                 # this principle.
 
-            # DENY https acces for anonymous_user
-            if (req.https
-                and req.session.anonymous_session
-                and self.vreg.config['https-deny-anonymous']):
-                # don't allow anonymous on https connection
-                raise AuthenticationError()
             # nested try to allow LogOut to delegate logic to AuthenticationError
             # handler
             try:

--- a/web/views/basetemplates.py	Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2015 +0100
+++ b/web/views/basetemplates.py	Tue Mar 31 10:22:05 2015 +0200
@@ -514,10 +514,6 @@
         if config['auth-mode'] != 'http':
             self.login_form(id) # Cookie authentication
         w(u'</div>')
-        if self._cw.https and config.anonymous_user()[0] and config['https-deny-anonymous']:
-            path = xml_escape(config['base-url'] + self._cw.relative_path())
-            w(u'<div class="loginMessage"><a href="%s">%s</a></div>\n'
-              % (path, self._cw._('No account? Try public access at %s') % path))
         w(u'</div>\n')
 
     def login_form(self, id):

--- a/web/webconfig.py	Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2015 +0100
+++ b/web/webconfig.py	Tue Mar 31 10:22:05 2015 +0200
@@ -124,16 +124,6 @@
           'where the cubicweb web server is listening on port 8080.',
           'group': 'main', 'level': 3,
           }),
-        ('https-deny-anonymous',
-         {'type': 'yn',
-          'default': False,
-          'help': 'Prevent anonymous user to browse through https version of '
-                  'the site (https-url). Login form will then be displayed '
-                  'until logged',
-          'group': 'web',
-          'level': 2
-         }
-          ),
         ('auth-mode',
          {'type' : 'choice',
           'choices' : ('cookie', 'http'),