diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index 6175f27375..cb28abda78 100644
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ alias flush="dscacheutil -flushcache"
 alias sniff="sudo ngrep -d 'en1' -t '^(GET|POST) ' 'tcp and port 80'"
 alias httpdump="sudo tcpdump -i en1 -n -s 0 -w - | grep -a -o -E \"Host\: .*|GET \/.*\""
 
-# Start an HTTP server from a directory
-alias server="open http://localhost:8080/ && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080"
-
 # Canonical hex dump; some systems have this symlinked
 type -t hd > /dev/null || alias hd="hexdump -C"