diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index e70940e36..99482de9e 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -2498,9 +2498,6 @@ ipc.on('get-config', async event => {
     preferredSystemLocales: getPreferredSystemLocales(),
     localeOverride: getLocaleOverride(),
     version: app.getVersion(),
-    libsignalNetEnvironment: config.has('libsignalNetEnvironment')
-      ? config.get<string>('libsignalNetEnvironment')
-      : undefined,
     buildCreation: config.get<number>('buildCreation'),
     buildExpiration: config.get<number>('buildExpiration'),
     challengeUrl: config.get<string>('challengeUrl'),
diff --git a/ts/textsecure/WebAPI.ts b/ts/textsecure/WebAPI.ts
index 14bc53d2e..b7aace75c 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/WebAPI.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/WebAPI.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30 * SECOND;
 // (and other connectivity params) of the services.
 function resolveLibsignalNetEnvironment(
   appEnv: Environment,
-  libsignalNetEnv: string | undefined
+  url: string
 ): Net.Environment {
   switch (appEnv) {
     case Environment.Production:
@@ -91,12 +91,10 @@ function resolveLibsignalNetEnvironment(
       // In the case of the `Development` Desktop env,
       // we should be checking the provided string value
       // of `libsignalNetEnv`
-      switch (libsignalNetEnv) {
-        case 'production':
-          return Net.Environment.Production;
-        default:
-          return Net.Environment.Staging;
+      if (/staging/i.test(url)) {
+        return Net.Environment.Staging;
       }
+      return Net.Environment.Production;
     case Environment.Test:
     case Environment.Staging:
     default:
@@ -654,7 +652,6 @@ type InitializeOptionsType = {
   proxyUrl: string | undefined;
   version: string;
   directoryConfig: DirectoryConfigType;
-  libsignalNetEnvironment: string | undefined;
   disableIPv6: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -1498,7 +1495,6 @@ export function initialize({
   contentProxyUrl,
   proxyUrl,
   version,
-  libsignalNetEnvironment,
   disableIPv6,
 }: InitializeOptionsType): WebAPIConnectType {
   if (!isString(url)) {
@@ -1542,10 +1538,7 @@ export function initialize({
   // for providing network layer API and related functionality.
   // It's important to have a single instance of this class as it holds
   // resources that are shared across all other use cases.
-  const env = resolveLibsignalNetEnvironment(
-    getEnvironment(),
-    libsignalNetEnvironment
-  );
+  const env = resolveLibsignalNetEnvironment(getEnvironment(), url);
   log.info(`libsignal net environment resolved to [${Net.Environment[env]}]`);
   const libsignalNet = new Net.Net(env, getUserAgent(version));
   libsignalNet.setIpv6Enabled(!disableIPv6);
diff --git a/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts b/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts
index ad363f923..6eba20603 100644
--- a/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts
+++ b/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ export const rendererConfigSchema = z.object({
   resourcesUrl: configRequiredStringSchema,
   userDataPath: configRequiredStringSchema,
   version: configRequiredStringSchema,
-  libsignalNetEnvironment: configOptionalStringSchema,
   directoryConfig: directoryConfigSchema,
 
   // Only used by main window
diff --git a/ts/windows/main/phase2-dependencies.ts b/ts/windows/main/phase2-dependencies.ts
index 9775cf309..c7e303b13 100644
--- a/ts/windows/main/phase2-dependencies.ts
+++ b/ts/windows/main/phase2-dependencies.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ window.WebAPI = window.textsecure.WebAPI.initialize({
   contentProxyUrl: config.contentProxyUrl,
   proxyUrl: config.proxyUrl,
   version: config.version,
-  libsignalNetEnvironment: config.libsignalNetEnvironment,
   disableIPv6: config.disableIPv6,
 });