diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 670764e20..04fb11fba 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
+	variables_hash_max_size 4096;
 	sendfile on;
 	tcp_nopush on;
 	tcp_nodelay on;
diff --git a/production/nginx/nginx.conf b/production/nginx/nginx.conf
index 1dd5b279c..b81321153 100644
--- a/production/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/production/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ http {
 	include __NGINX_ETC_FOLDER__/mime.types;
 	default_type application/octet-stream;
 
-	variables_hash_max_size 4096;
-
 	# HTTP basic configuration
 	include mempool/production/nginx/http-basic.conf;
 	include mempool/production/nginx/http-acl.conf;