diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8f74e2233a711d51780da54381d8786b25434e47..2b74f437b6cbeeaa24f9d4a4b09ec734b4f4165a 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -259,14 +259,9 @@ class User
     aspect(:name => "Work")
   end
   
-  def terse_url
-    terse = APP_CONFIG[:pod_url].gsub(/(https?:|www\.)\/\//, '')
-    terse = terse.chop! if terse[-1, 1] == '/'
-    terse
-  end
 
   def diaspora_handle
-    "#{self.username}@#{self.terse_url}"
+    "#{self.username}@#{APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url]}"
   end
 
   def downcase_username
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index 3275d9245223017007c6352ff2d084b9d1b43bed..721310409c5400070181718d338ca4bcb590ebab 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe Person do
     
     context 'remote people' do
       it 'stores the diaspora_handle in the database' do
-        @person.diaspora_handle.include?(@user.terse_url).should be false
+        @person.diaspora_handle.include?(APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url]).should be false
       end
     end
   end