diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index d09e465a661f..aef2c014a470 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -102,18 +102,11 @@ s3:
   streaming_playlists_bucket: ''
   # Allows setting all buckets to the same value but with a different prefix
   streaming_playlists_prefix: ''
-  # Optional, use to overide the default url generation that just gives the public url to s3
-  # Use the string %path% in place where the (full) path to the file should be. The path
-  # does not include the streaming_playlists_prefix, so you should add it to your template if needed.
-  # For example:
-  #     https://my-videos-cache.example.com/cdn-cache/%path%?thing=true
-  # Would turn into:
-  #     https://my-videos-cache.example.com/cdn-cache/hls/9ffceb57-cbe3-41c5-80e4-dbb7e97c3958/b27d1892-9c5c-4bef-8bce-f68e54fb1208-240-fragmented.mp4?thing=true
-  streaming_playlists_url_template: ''
+  streaming_playlists_base_url: ''
   # Same settings but for webtorrent videos
   videos_bucket: ''
   videos_prefix: '' 
-  videos_url_template: ''
+  videos_url_base_url: ''
 
 log:
   level: 'info' # 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error'
diff --git a/server/initializers/checker-after-init.ts b/server/initializers/checker-after-init.ts
index 384884ef7563..2adb8a56217b 100644
--- a/server/initializers/checker-after-init.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/checker-after-init.ts
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@ function checkConfig () {
         return 'Object storage bucket prefixes should be set to different values when the same bucket is used for both types of video.'
       }
     }
-    if (
-      (CONFIG.S3.VIDEOS_BUCKETINFO.url_template !== '' &&
-        !CONFIG.S3.VIDEOS_BUCKETINFO.url_template.includes('%path%')) ||
-      (CONFIG.S3.STREAMING_PLAYLISTS_BUCKETINFO.url_template !== '' &&
-        !CONFIG.S3.STREAMING_PLAYLISTS_BUCKETINFO.url_template.includes('%path%'))) {
-      return 'Object storage url templates should include `%path%\' in place where the file path needs to be inserted.'
-    }
   }
 
   return null
diff --git a/server/initializers/config.ts b/server/initializers/config.ts
index 36fdf07ead65..82f942296b6d 100644
--- a/server/initializers/config.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/config.ts
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ const CONFIG = {
     VIDEOS_BUCKETINFO: {
       bucket: config.get<string>('s3.videos_bucket'),
       prefix: config.get<string>('s3.videos_prefix'),
-      url_template: config.get<string>('s3.videos_url_template')
+      base_url: config.get<string>('s3.videos_base_url')
     },
     STREAMING_PLAYLISTS_BUCKETINFO: {
       bucket: config.get<string>('s3.streaming_playlists_bucket'),
       prefix: config.get<string>('s3.streaming_playlists_prefix'),
-      url_template: config.get<string>('s3.streaming_playlists_url_template')
+      base_url: config.get<string>('s3.streaming_playlists_base_url')
     }
   },
   WEBSERVER: {
diff --git a/server/lib/object-storage.ts b/server/lib/object-storage.ts
index 25223044bec1..458532cb1d10 100644
--- a/server/lib/object-storage.ts
+++ b/server/lib/object-storage.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { DeleteObjectCommand, DeleteObjectsCommand, ListObjectsV2Command, PutObj
 import { CONFIG } from "@server/initializers/config"
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 
-type BucketInfo = {bucket: string, prefix?: string, url_template?: string}
+type BucketInfo = {bucket: string, prefix?: string, base_url?: string}
 
 function getS3Client () {
   return new S3Client({ endpoint: `https://${CONFIG.S3.ENDPOINT}` })
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ export async function removePrefix (prefix: string, bucketInfo: BucketInfo) {
 }
 
 export function generateUrl (filename: string, bucketInfo: BucketInfo) {
-  if (!bucketInfo.url_template) {
+  if (!bucketInfo.base_url) {
     return `https://${bucketInfo.bucket}.${CONFIG.S3.ENDPOINT}/${bucketInfo.prefix}${filename}`
   }
-  return bucketInfo.url_template.replace('%path%', filename)
+  return bucketInfo.base_url + filename
 }