diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
index b3404e84d5..9f3f782406 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       }
     } as any as Router;
     hardRedirectService = jasmine.createSpyObj( {
-      getRequestOrigin: 'https://request.org',
+      getCurrentOrigin: 'https://request.org',
     });
 
     // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
index 10e37b4282..6f07ecbb06 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
     if (this.currentObject.value instanceof Item) {
       let url = this.getMetaTagValue('dc.identifier.uri');
       if (hasNoValue(url)) {
-        url = new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getRequestOrigin(), this.router.url).toString();
+        url = new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getCurrentOrigin(), this.router.url).toString();
       }
       this.addMetaTag('citation_abstract_html_url', url);
     }
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
         // Use the found link to set the <meta> tag
         this.addMetaTag(
           'citation_pdf_url',
-          new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getRequestOrigin(), link).toString()
+          new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getCurrentOrigin(), link).toString()
         );
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
index d0fecd9be5..b9745906c3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { BrowserHardRedirectService } from './browser-hard-redirect.service';
 
 describe('BrowserHardRedirectService', () => {
-  const origin = 'test origin';
+  const origin = 'https://test-host.com:4000';
   const mockLocation = {
     href: undefined,
     pathname: '/pathname',
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('BrowserHardRedirectService', () => {
   describe('when requesting the origin', () => {
 
     it('should return the location origin', () => {
-      expect(service.getRequestOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
+      expect(service.getCurrentOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts
index 5f90fb8dbd..eeb9006039 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts
@@ -28,16 +28,20 @@ export class BrowserHardRedirectService extends HardRedirectService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the origin of a request
+   * Get the current route, with query params included
+   * e.g. /search?page=1&query=open%20access&f.dateIssued.min=1980&f.dateIssued.max=2020
    */
-  getCurrentRoute() {
+  getCurrentRoute(): string {
     return this.location.pathname + this.location.search;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the hostname of the request
+   * Get the origin of the current URL
+   * i.e. <scheme> "://" <hostname> [ ":" <port> ]
+   * e.g. if the URL is https://demo7.dspace.org/search?query=test,
+   * the origin would be https://demo7.dspace.org
    */
-  getRequestOrigin() {
+  getCurrentOrigin(): string {
     return this.location.origin;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f060143e65..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import { HardRedirectService } from './hard-redirect.service';
-import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
-import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-
-const requestOrigin = 'http://dspace-angular-ui.dspace.com';
-
-describe('HardRedirectService', () => {
-  let service: TestHardRedirectService;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({ providers: [TestHardRedirectService] });
-    service = TestBed.inject(TestHardRedirectService);
-  });
-
-  describe('when calling rewriteDownloadURL', () => {
-    let originalValue;
-    const relativePath = '/test/url/path';
-    const testURL = environment.rest.baseUrl + relativePath;
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      originalValue = environment.rewriteDownloadUrls;
-    });
-
-    it('it should return the same url when rewriteDownloadURL is false', () => {
-      environment.rewriteDownloadUrls = false;
-      expect(service.rewriteDownloadURL(testURL)).toEqual(testURL);
-    });
-
-    it('it should replace part of the url when rewriteDownloadURL is true', () => {
-      environment.rewriteDownloadUrls = true;
-      expect(service.rewriteDownloadURL(testURL)).toEqual(requestOrigin + environment.rest.nameSpace + relativePath);
-    });
-
-    afterEach(() => {
-      environment.rewriteDownloadUrls = originalValue;
-    });
-  });
-});
-
-@Injectable()
-class TestHardRedirectService extends HardRedirectService {
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-  }
-
-  redirect(url: string) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
-  getCurrentRoute() {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
-  getRequestOrigin() {
-    return requestOrigin;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts
index a09521dae5..3733059283 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
-import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 
 /**
  * Service to take care of hard redirects
@@ -20,21 +18,13 @@ export abstract class HardRedirectService {
    * Get the current route, with query params included
    * e.g. /search?page=1&query=open%20access&f.dateIssued.min=1980&f.dateIssued.max=2020
    */
-  abstract getCurrentRoute();
+  abstract getCurrentRoute(): string;
 
   /**
-   * Get the hostname of the request
+   * Get the origin of the current URL
+   * i.e. <scheme> "://" <hostname> [ ":" <port> ]
+   * e.g. if the URL is https://demo7.dspace.org/search?query=test,
+   * the origin would be https://demo7.dspace.org
    */
-  abstract getRequestOrigin();
-
-  public rewriteDownloadURL(originalUrl: string): string {
-    if (environment.rewriteDownloadUrls) {
-      const hostName = this.getRequestOrigin();
-      const namespace = environment.rest.nameSpace;
-      const rewrittenUrl = new URLCombiner(hostName, namespace).toString();
-      return originalUrl.replace(environment.rest.baseUrl, rewrittenUrl);
-    } else {
-      return originalUrl;
-    }
-  }
+  abstract getCurrentOrigin(): string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
index 892f4f4087..4501547b92 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ describe('ServerHardRedirectService', () => {
   const mockResponse = jasmine.createSpyObj(['redirect', 'end']);
 
   const service: ServerHardRedirectService = new ServerHardRedirectService(mockRequest, mockResponse);
-  const origin = 'test-host';
+  const origin = 'https://test-host.com:4000';
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    mockRequest.protocol = 'https';
     mockRequest.headers = {
-      host: 'test-host',
+      host: 'test-host.com:4000',
     };
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({});
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ describe('ServerHardRedirectService', () => {
   describe('when requesting the origin', () => {
 
     it('should return the location origin', () => {
-      expect(service.getRequestOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
+      expect(service.getCurrentOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts
index 65b404ca6c..94b9ed6198 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts
@@ -55,16 +55,19 @@ export class ServerHardRedirectService extends HardRedirectService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the origin of a request
+   * Get the URL of the current route
    */
-  getCurrentRoute() {
+  getCurrentRoute(): string {
     return this.req.originalUrl;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the hostname of the request
+   * Get the origin of the current URL
+   * i.e. <scheme> "://" <hostname> [ ":" <port> ]
+   * e.g. if the URL is https://demo7.dspace.org/search?query=test,
+   * the origin would be https://demo7.dspace.org
    */
-  getRequestOrigin() {
-    return this.req.headers.host;
+  getCurrentOrigin(): string {
+    return this.req.protocol + '://' + this.req.headers.host;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/config/global-config.interface.ts b/src/config/global-config.interface.ts
index 8ca11e4a8c..d46822eb61 100644
--- a/src/config/global-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/global-config.interface.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export interface GlobalConfig extends Config {
   notifications: INotificationBoardOptions;
   submission: SubmissionConfig;
   universal: UniversalConfig;
-  logDirectory: string;
   debug: boolean;
   defaultLanguage: string;
   languages: LangConfig[];
@@ -32,6 +31,5 @@ export interface GlobalConfig extends Config {
   item: ItemPageConfig;
   collection: CollectionPageConfig;
   themes: ThemeConfig[];
-  rewriteDownloadUrls: boolean;
   mediaViewer: MediaViewerConfig;
 }
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.common.ts b/src/environments/environment.common.ts
index 747364d16d..a7957e9fe1 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.common.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.common.ts
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ export const environment: GlobalConfig = {
     async: true,
     time: false
   },
-  // Log directory
-  logDirectory: '.',
   // NOTE: will log all redux actions and transfers in console
   debug: false,
   // Default Language in which the UI will be rendered if the user's browser language is not an active language
@@ -280,8 +278,6 @@ export const environment: GlobalConfig = {
       name: 'dspace'
     },
   ],
-  // Whether the UI should rewrite file download URLs to match its domain. Only necessary to enable when running UI and REST API on separate domains
-  rewriteDownloadUrls: false,
   // Whether to enable media viewer for image and/or video Bitstreams (i.e. Bitstreams whose MIME type starts with "image" or "video").
   // For images, this enables a gallery viewer where you can zoom or page through images.
   // For videos, this enables embedded video streaming
diff --git a/src/environments/mock-environment.ts b/src/environments/mock-environment.ts
index 3f1ca374e9..cfe160389f 100644
--- a/src/environments/mock-environment.ts
+++ b/src/environments/mock-environment.ts
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ export const environment: Partial<GlobalConfig> = {
     async: true,
     time: false
   },
-  // Log directory
-  logDirectory: '.',
   // NOTE: will log all redux actions and transfers in console
   debug: false,
   // Default Language in which the UI will be rendered if the user's browser language is not an active language