diff --git a/ietf/checks.py b/ietf/checks.py
index c823abf118..f9ad87db70 100644
--- a/ietf/checks.py
+++ b/ietf/checks.py
@@ -28,26 +28,6 @@ def already_ran():
         checks_run.append(name)
         return False
 
-@checks.register('directories')
-def check_cdn_directory_exists(app_configs, **kwargs):
-    """This checks that the path from which the CDN will serve static files for
-       this version of the datatracker actually exists.  In development and test
-       mode STATIC_ROOT will normally be just static/, but in production it will be
-       set to a different part of the file system which is served via CDN, and the
-       path will contain the datatracker release version.
-    """
-    if already_ran():
-        return []
-    #
-    errors = []
-    if settings.SERVER_MODE == 'production' and not os.path.exists(settings.STATIC_ROOT):
-        errors.append(checks.Error(
-            "The static files directory has not been set up.",
-            hint="Please run 'ietf/manage.py collectstatic'.",
-            obj=None,
-            id='datatracker.E001',
-        ))
-    return errors
 
 @checks.register('files')
 def check_group_email_aliases_exists(app_configs, **kwargs):
diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index eb5066e974..758f0ca2b4 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
     STATIC_URL = "/static/"
     STATIC_ROOT = os.path.abspath(BASE_DIR + "/../static/")
 else:
-    STATIC_URL = "https://www.ietf.org/lib/dt/%s/"%__version__
-    STATIC_ROOT = "/a/www/www6s/lib/dt/%s/"%__version__
+    STATIC_URL = "https://static.ietf.org/lib/%s/"%__version__
+    # Intentionally not setting STATIC_ROOT - see django/django (the default is None)
 
 # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
 # various locations.