diff --git a/webtools/firefox_survey/.htaccess b/webtools/firefox_survey/.htaccess
index 4ddf43558b4d..09a496c999ee 100644
--- a/webtools/firefox_survey/.htaccess
+++ b/webtools/firefox_survey/.htaccess
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine on
-    RewriteBase /~clouserw/firefox_survey
+
     RewriteRule    ^$    webroot/    [L]
     RewriteRule    (.*) webroot/$1    [L]
 </IfModule>
diff --git a/webtools/firefox_survey/webroot/.htaccess b/webtools/firefox_survey/webroot/.htaccess
index 3d0defafac32..2ff089ec0036 100644
--- a/webtools/firefox_survey/webroot/.htaccess
+++ b/webtools/firefox_survey/webroot/.htaccess
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine On
 
-    RewriteBase /~clouserw/firefox_survey
-
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]