diff --git a/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb b/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb
index 7b6a8763b..80a7dfeb6 100644
--- a/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,4 @@ module PublicsHelper
     end
   end
 
-  def terse_url(full_url)
-    terse = full_url.gsub(/https?:\/\//, '')
-    terse.gsub!(/www\./, '')
-    terse = terse.chop! if terse[-1, 1] == '/'
-    terse
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
index 96653a25c..8ad35f36f 100644
--- a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
+++ b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <XRD xmlns='http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/xri/xrd-1.0'
      xmlns:hm='http://host-meta.net/xrd/1.0'>
-     <hm:Host><%= terse_url(root_url) %></hm:Host>
+     <hm:Host><%= APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url] %></hm:Host>
   <Link rel='lrdd'
         template='<%= APP_CONFIG[:pod_url] %>webfinger?q={uri}'>
     <Title>Resource Descriptor</Title>