diff --git a/mod/robots_txt.php b/mod/robots_txt.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0575742dd8..0000000000
--- a/mod/robots_txt.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file mod/robots_text.php
- * @brief Module which returns the default robots.txt
- * @version 0.1.2
- */
-
-use Friendica\App;
-
-/**
- * @brief Return default robots.txt when init
- * @param App $a
- * @return void
- */
-function robots_txt_init(App $a)
-{
-	$allDisalloweds = [
-		'/settings/',
-		'/admin/',
-		'/message/',
-	];
-
-	header('Content-Type: text/plain');
-	echo 'User-agent: *' . PHP_EOL;
-	foreach ($allDisalloweds as $disallowed) {
-		echo 'Disallow: ' . $disallowed . PHP_EOL;
-	}
-	exit();
-}
diff --git a/src/App/Router.php b/src/App/Router.php
index 1dffb6b406..68330c7e68 100644
--- a/src/App/Router.php
+++ b/src/App/Router.php
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class Router
 			$collector->addRoute(['GET'], '/{sub1}/{sub2}/{url}'               , Module\Proxy::class);
 		});
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET', 'POST'], '/register',            Module\Register::class);
+		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/robots.txt',          Module\RobotsTxt::class);
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/rsd.xml',             Module\ReallySimpleDiscovery::class);
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/statistics.json',     Module\Statistics::class);
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/tos',                 Module\Tos::class);
diff --git a/src/Module/RobotsTxt.php b/src/Module/RobotsTxt.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3648f6f9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Module/RobotsTxt.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Module;
+
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
+
+/**
+ * Return the default robots.txt
+ */
+class RobotsTxt extends BaseModule
+{
+	public static function rawContent()
+	{
+		$allDisalloweds = [
+			'/settings/',
+			'/admin/',
+			'/message/',
+		];
+
+		header('Content-Type: text/plain');
+		echo 'User-agent: *' . PHP_EOL;
+		foreach ($allDisalloweds as $disallowed) {
+			echo 'Disallow: ' . $disallowed . PHP_EOL;
+		}
+		exit();
+	}
+}