diff --git a/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.vhost.erb b/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.vhost.erb
index 1690f95aed..74861005da 100644
--- a/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.vhost.erb
+++ b/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.vhost.erb
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
 
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteRule /zuul/status http://127.0.0.1:8001/status [P]
-  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/p/
-  RewriteRule / http://127.0.0.1:8001/status [P]
+  RewriteRule ^/$ http://127.0.0.1:8001/status [P]
+
+  Alias /rechecks.html /var/www/recheckwatch/rechecks.html
 
   SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/lib/zuul/git/
   SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
 
-  Alias /rechecks.html /var/www/recheckwatch/rechecks.html
-
   AliasMatch ^/p/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /var/lib/zuul/git/$1
   AliasMatch ^/p/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /var/lib/zuul/git/$1
   ScriptAlias /p/ /usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend/