diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py
index 11bea55833..1c22114d76 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ def upload_asset(request, org, course, coursename):
                         }
 
     response = JsonResponse(response_payload)
-    response['asset_url'] = StaticContent.get_static_path_from_location(content.location)
     return response
 
 
diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/assets.js b/cms/static/js/views/assets.js
index 282aeab69c..4b0b97180a 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/assets.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/assets.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function displayFinishedUpload(xhr) {
     }
 
     var resp = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
-    $('.upload-modal .embeddable-xml-input').val(xhr.getResponseHeader('asset_url'));
+    $('.upload-modal .embeddable-xml-input').val(resp.portable_url);
     $('.upload-modal .embeddable').show();
     $('.upload-modal .file-name').hide();
     $('.upload-modal .progress-fill').html(resp.msg);