Ghost + Nginx + letsencrypt + keybase.io + Digital Ocean + DNSimple

ghost.conf

# /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ghost

server {
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html index.htm;

    listen 443 ssl;

    server_name kevinsuttle.com www.kevinsuttle.com;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/kevinsuttle.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/kevinsuttle.com/privkey.pem;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';

    location ~ /.well-known {
        allow all;
        root /var/www/;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header HOST $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2368;
        proxy_redirect off;
        root /var/www/;
    }
      location /.well-known/ {
        root /var/www/;
    }
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name kevinsuttle.com;
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

Why is this block needed?
Isn't this taken care of earlier at Line 16-19?
Line 30-32?

location /.well-known/ {
root /var/www/;
}