diff --git a/app/decorators/work_decorator.rb b/app/decorators/work_decorator.rb
index acb4d5655..d8f175709 100644
--- a/app/decorators/work_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/decorators/work_decorator.rb
@@ -38,22 +38,12 @@ def wizard_mode?
   def file_list_path
     return work_file_list_path("NONE") if @work.nil? || !@work.persisted?
 
-    # This is a horrible hack to work-around the issue where Rails is not adding
-    # the correct prefix to the URL in production and staging.
-    if Rails.env.production? || Rails.env.staging?
-      "/describe" + work_file_list_path(@work.id)
-    else
-      work_file_list_path(@work.id)
-    end
+    work_file_list_path(@work.id)
   end
 
   def download_path
     return if @work.nil? || !@work.persisted?
 
-    if Rails.env.production? || Rails.env.staging?
-      "/describe" + work_download_path(@work.id)
-    else
-      work_download_path(@work.id)
-    end
+    work_download_path(@work.id)
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 05e17f6c0..29533b900 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -133,3 +133,5 @@
 
 ORCID_URL = "https://pub.orcid.org/v2.0"
 ROR_URL = "https://api.ror.org/organizations"
+
+Rails.application.routes.default_url_options[:relative_url_root] = "/describe"
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.rb b/config/environments/staging.rb
index 94afe28ba..623150c3c 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.rb
+++ b/config/environments/staging.rb
@@ -134,3 +134,5 @@
 
 ORCID_URL = "https://pub.orcid.org/v2.0"
 ROR_URL = "https://api.ror.org/organizations"
+
+Rails.application.routes.default_url_options[:relative_url_root] = "/describe"