diff --git a/r2/r2/config/rewrites.py b/r2/r2/config/rewrites.py
index 8aa5d007d..625fbd17c 100644
--- a/r2/r2/config/rewrites.py
+++ b/r2/r2/config/rewrites.py
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ rewrites = (#these first two rules prevent the .embed rewrite from
             ("^/_(.*)", "/_$1"),
             ("^/static/(.*\.js)", "/static/$1"),
             #This next rewrite makes it so that all the embed stuff works.
-            ("^(.*)(?<!button)(\.js)$", "$1.embed"),
-            ("^/favicon.ico$", "/static/favicon.ico"),
-            ("^/robots.txt$", "/static/robots.txt"),
-            ("^/akamai-sureroute-test-object.html$", "/static/sureroute.html"),
-            ("^/apple-touch-icon.png$", "/static/apple-touch-icon.png"))
+            ("^(.*)(?<!button)(\.js)$", "$1.embed"))
 
 rewrites = tuple((re.compile(r[0]), r[1]) for r in rewrites)
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/akamai-sureroute-test-object.html b/r2/r2/public/akamai-sureroute-test-object.html
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..cca04d2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r2/r2/public/akamai-sureroute-test-object.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+static/sureroute.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/apple-touch-icon.png b/r2/r2/public/apple-touch-icon.png
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..4f64aa176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r2/r2/public/apple-touch-icon.png
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+static/apple-touch-icon.png
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/favicon.ico b/r2/r2/public/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index 738332d28..000000000
Binary files a/r2/r2/public/favicon.ico and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/favicon.ico b/r2/r2/public/favicon.ico
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..495fe3550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r2/r2/public/favicon.ico
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+static/favicon.ico
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/robots.txt b/r2/r2/public/robots.txt
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..d2bf67cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r2/r2/public/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+static/robots.txt
\ No newline at end of file