diff --git a/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/README.md b/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/README.md
index 1d469d3945..56156297e2 100644
--- a/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/README.md
+++ b/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ The AEM Assets Plugin helps you quickly integrate with AEM Assets for your AEM p
 - You need to have access to [Dynamic Media Open API](https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/assets/dynamicmedia/dynamic-media-open-apis/dynamic-media-open-apis-overview)
 
 And you need to have pre-configured:
-- [AEM Assets Sidekick plugin](https://www.aem.live/docs/aem-assets-sidekick-plugin)
+- [AEM Assets Sidekick plugin](https://www.aem.live/docs/aem-assets-sidekick-plugin) if using Doc based authoring OR
+- [Universal Editor Custom Asset Picker](https://developer.adobe.com/uix/docs/extension-manager/extension-developed-by-adobe/configurable-asset-picker/) if using Universal Editor based authoring
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ Here's typically how `scripts/aem-assets-plugin-support.js` would look:
 
 ```
 // The based path of the aem-assets-plugin code.
-const codeBasePath = '/plugins/aem-assets-plugin';
+const codeBasePath = `${window.hlx?.codeBasePath}/plugins/aem-assets-plugin`;
 
 // The blocks that are to be used from the aem-assets-plugin.
 const blocks = ['video'];
diff --git a/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/scripts/aem-assets.js b/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/scripts/aem-assets.js
index 4cdd879300..d97bae0a89 100644
--- a/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/scripts/aem-assets.js
+++ b/plugins/aem-assets-plugin/scripts/aem-assets.js
@@ -34,14 +34,8 @@ function isExternalImage(element, externalImageMarker) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  // if the element is an anchor with the href as text content and the href has
-  // an image extension, it's an external image
-  if (element.textContent.trim() === element.getAttribute('href')) {
-    const ext = getUrlExtension(element.getAttribute('href'));
-    return ext && ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'webp'].includes(ext.toLowerCase());
-  }
-
-  return false;
+  const ext = getUrlExtension(element.getAttribute('href'));
+  return ext && ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'webp'].includes(ext.toLowerCase());
 }
 
 /*