diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php
index 05b0bf5a2a..fadb4029dc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Role;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\ThrottlesLogins;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Mail\Message;
 use Mail;
@@ -32,54 +31,7 @@ class AuthController extends Controller
     |
     */
 
-    /**
-     * Handle a login request to the application.
-     *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
-     */
-    public function postLogin(Request $request)
-    {
-        $this->validate(
-            $request, [
-            $this->loginUsername() => 'required', 'password' => 'required',
-        ]
-        );
-
-        // If the class is using the ThrottlesLogins trait, we can automatically throttle
-        // the login attempts for this application. We'll key this by the username and
-        // the IP address of the client making these requests into this application.
-        $throttles = $this->isUsingThrottlesLoginsTrait();
-
-        if ($throttles && $this->hasTooManyLoginAttempts($request)) {
-            return $this->sendLockoutResponse($request);
-        }
-
-        $credentials            = $this->getCredentials($request);
-        $credentials['blocked'] = 0;
-
-        if (Auth::attempt($credentials, $request->has('remember'))) {
-            return $this->handleUserWasAuthenticated($request, $throttles);
-        }
-
-        // If the login attempt was unsuccessful we will increment the number of attempts
-        // to login and redirect the user back to the login form. Of course, when this
-        // user surpasses their maximum number of attempts they will get locked out.
-        if ($throttles) {
-            $this->incrementLoginAttempts($request);
-        }
-
-        return redirect($this->loginPath())
-            ->withInput($request->only($this->loginUsername(), 'remember'))
-            ->withErrors(
-                [
-                    $this->loginUsername() => $this->getFailedLoginMessage(),
-                ]
-            );
-    }
-
-    use AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers, ThrottlesLogins;
+    use AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;
 
     public $redirectTo = '/';
 
diff --git a/config/session.php b/config/session.php
index 6052e79df5..466d9ba843 100644
--- a/config/session.php
+++ b/config/session.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'driver'          => env('SESSION_DRIVER', 'database'),
+    'driver'          => env('SESSION_DRIVER', 'file'),
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'encrypt'         => true,
+    'encrypt'         => false,
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'connection'      => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'),
+    'connection'      => null,
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'cookie'          => 'firefly_session',
+    'cookie'          => 'laravel_session',
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/database/migrations/2015_07_14_202720_changes_for_v349.php b/database/migrations/2015_07_14_202720_changes_for_v349.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cd99ab8c4..0000000000
--- a/database/migrations/2015_07_14_202720_changes_for_v349.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
-use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
-
-/**
- * Class ChangesForV349
- */
-class ChangesForV349 extends Migration
-{
-    /**
-     * Run the migrations.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function up()
-    {
-        // add "blocked" to users:
-        Schema::table(
-            'users', function (Blueprint $table) {
-            $table->boolean('blocked')->default(0);
-        }
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reverse the migrations.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function down()
-    {
-        //
-    }
-}