diff --git a/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/10_wp_install.sh b/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/10_wp_install.sh
index 417792bf3..b74209903 100644
--- a/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/10_wp_install.sh
+++ b/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/10_wp_install.sh
@@ -14,21 +14,6 @@ if [ "${WP_MULTISITE}" = "true" ]; then
     --admin_email="${ADMIN_EMAIL}" \
     --skip-email
 
-  cat << 'EOF' >> ".htaccess"
-RewriteEngine On
-RewriteBase /
-RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
-
-RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
-
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
-RewriteRule ^ - [L]
-RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
-RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
-RewriteRule . index.php [L]
-EOF
-
 readarray -d , -t slugs <<< "${WP_MULTISITE_SLUGS},"; unset "slugs[-1]";
 for slug in "${slugs[@]}"; do
   if [ ! -z "${slug}" ]; then
diff --git a/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/11_htaccess.sh b/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/11_htaccess.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40789ed22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/11_htaccess.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cat << 'EOF' >> ".htaccess"
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteBase /
+RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
+
+RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
+
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
+RewriteRule ^ - [L]
+RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
+RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
+RewriteRule . index.php [L]
+EOF
diff --git a/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/60_flush_rewrites.sh b/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/60_flush_rewrites.sh
index 32fdc1064..d1bdc82bb 100644
--- a/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/60_flush_rewrites.sh
+++ b/.ddev/commands/web/orchestrate.d/60_flush_rewrites.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Needed for generating the .htaccess file
-echo "apache_modules:
-  - mod_rewrite
-" > wp-cli.yml
-
 wp rewrite structure '/%postname%'
-wp rewrite flush --hard
+wp rewrite flush