diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index a491403d14..fd45615698 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ RewriteRule ^campaigns/valentine-2010/(.*).svg /campaigns/valentine/$1.svg [redi
 RewriteRule ^campaigns/vd2010/(.*) /campaigns/valentine/2010/$1 [redirect=permanent]
 RewriteRule ^campaigns/vd2010 /campaigns/valentine/2010/valentine-2010 [redirect=permanent]
 # current
-RewriteRule ^valentine/(.*) /campaigns/valentine/2011/valentine-2011$1 [redirect=permanent]
+RewriteRule ^valentine/valentine(.*) /campaigns/valentine/2011/valentine-2011$1 [redirect=permanent]
+
+# trying fix the dirty hack redirection loop from 2011-06-30
+RewriteRule ^campaigns/valentine/valentine(.*) /campaigns/valentine/2011/valentine-2011$1 [redirect=temp]
+RewriteRule ^campaigns/valentine/2011/valentine.([A-Za-z]{2}).html /campaigns/valentine/2011/valentine-2011$1 [redirect=temp]
+
 
 # AskYourCandidates redirect
 RewriteRule ^campaigns/ayc(.*) /campaigns/askyourcandidates$1 [redirect=permanent]
diff --git a/campaigns/.htaccess b/campaigns/.htaccess
deleted file mode 100644
index fbbf1d72f8..0000000000
--- a/campaigns/.htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-RewriteEngine On
-
-RewriteRule ^valentine/valentine(.*) /campaigns/valentine/2011/valentine-2011$1 [redirect=temp]
-RewriteRule ^valentine/2011/valentine(.*) /campaigns/valentine/2011/valentine-2011$1 [redirect=temp]