diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index d05d54611..a9a17084e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
 
   def repo_git_submodule_url(owner, repo, path)
     unless (path.starts_with?('http://') || path.starts_with?('https://'))
-      path = File.expand_path(path, "#{base_url}/#{owner&.login}/#{repo&.identifier}")
-      path = path.split("#{Rails.root}/")[1]
+      path = File.expand_path(path, "/#{owner&.login}/#{repo&.identifier}")
     end
 
     return path