diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 7bf8759e38397..d149521cbb761 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT}  DavClnt
-  RewriteRule ^$         /remote.php/webdav/          [L,R=302]
+  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} OPTIONS
+  RewriteRule .* - [R=401,L]
   RewriteRule .* - [env=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
   RewriteRule ^\.well-known/host-meta /public.php?service=host-meta [QSA,L]
   RewriteRule ^\.well-known/host-meta\.json /public.php?service=host-meta-json [QSA,L]