diff --git a/.env.devcontainer b/.env.devcontainer
index 7bc29cc6500..dc8a8bd8d54 100644
--- a/.env.devcontainer
+++ b/.env.devcontainer
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ GDOCS_CLIENT_ID=''
 GDOCS_BASIC_ARTICLE_TEMPLATE_URL=''
 GDOCS_SHARED_DRIVE_ID=''
 
-IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ENDPOINT=''
+R2_ENDPOINT=''
 IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_CDN_URL=''
 IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_BUCKET_PATH=''
-IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID=''
-IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=''
+R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID=''
+R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=''
diff --git a/.env.example-full b/.env.example-full
index 8407d05b69b..24ad974562f 100644
--- a/.env.example-full
+++ b/.env.example-full
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ GDOCS_BASIC_ARTICLE_TEMPLATE_URL=
 GDOCS_SHARED_DRIVE_ID=
 GDOCS_DONATE_FAQS_DOCUMENT_ID=  # optional
 
-IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ENDPOINT=  # optional
+R2_ENDPOINT=  # optional
 IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_CDN_URL=
 IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_BUCKET_PATH=
-IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID=  # optional
-IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=  # optional
+R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID=  # optional
+R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=  # optional
 
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
 
diff --git a/db/model/Image.ts b/db/model/Image.ts
index 60799fc9782..7042f529eca 100644
--- a/db/model/Image.ts
+++ b/db/model/Image.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import {
 } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import { OwidGoogleAuth } from "../OwidGoogleAuth.js"
 import {
-    IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ENDPOINT,
-    IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
-    IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
-    IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_REGION,
+    R2_ENDPOINT,
+    R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+    R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
+    R2_REGION,
     IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_BUCKET_PATH,
     GDOCS_CLIENT_EMAIL,
     GDOCS_SHARED_DRIVE_ID,
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ class ImageStore {
 export const imageStore = new ImageStore()
 
 export const s3Client = new S3Client({
-    endpoint: IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ENDPOINT,
+    endpoint: R2_ENDPOINT,
     forcePathStyle: false,
-    region: IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_REGION,
+    region: R2_REGION,
     credentials: {
-        accessKeyId: IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
-        secretAccessKey: IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
+        accessKeyId: R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+        secretAccessKey: R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
     },
 })
 
diff --git a/settings/serverSettings.ts b/settings/serverSettings.ts
index c6f3c42cbf2..243a7b13873 100644
--- a/settings/serverSettings.ts
+++ b/settings/serverSettings.ts
@@ -154,22 +154,20 @@ export const IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_BUCKET_SUBFOLDER_PATH: string =
         IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_BUCKET_PATH.indexOf("/") + 1
     )
 // extract R2 credentials from rclone config as defaults
-export const IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ENDPOINT: string =
-    serverSettings.IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ENDPOINT ||
+export const R2_ENDPOINT: string =
+    serverSettings.R2_ENDPOINT ||
     rcloneConfig["owid-r2"]?.endpoint ||
     "https://078fcdfed9955087315dd86792e71a7e.r2.cloudflarestorage.com"
-export const IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: string =
-    serverSettings.IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID ||
+export const R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: string =
+    serverSettings.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID ||
     rcloneConfig["owid-r2"]?.access_key_id ||
     ""
-export const IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: string =
-    serverSettings.IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY ||
+export const R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: string =
+    serverSettings.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY ||
     rcloneConfig["owid-r2"]?.secret_access_key ||
     ""
-export const IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_REGION: string =
-    serverSettings.IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_REGION ||
-    rcloneConfig["owid-r2"]?.region ||
-    "auto"
+export const R2_REGION: string =
+    serverSettings.R2_REGION || rcloneConfig["owid-r2"]?.region || "auto"
 
 export const DATA_API_URL: string = clientSettings.DATA_API_URL
 
diff --git a/site/gdocs/components/Image.tsx b/site/gdocs/components/Image.tsx
index 4581425af76..d8fdbf4bc77 100644
--- a/site/gdocs/components/Image.tsx
+++ b/site/gdocs/components/Image.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {
 import cx from "classnames"
 import { LIGHTBOX_IMAGE_CLASS } from "../../Lightbox.js"
 import {
-    IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_BUCKET_SUBFOLDER_PATH,
-    IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_CDN_URL,
+    R2_BUCKET_SUBFOLDER_PATH,
+    R2_CDN_URL,
 } from "../../../settings/clientSettings.js"
 import { DocumentContext } from "../OwidGdoc.js"
 import { Container } from "./ArticleBlock.js"
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ export default function Image(props: {
 
     if (isPreviewing) {
         const makePreviewUrl = (f: string) =>
-            `${IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_CDN_URL}/${IMAGE_HOSTING_R2_BUCKET_SUBFOLDER_PATH}/${encodeURIComponent(
-                f
-            )}`
+            `${R2_CDN_URL}/${R2_BUCKET_SUBFOLDER_PATH}/${encodeURIComponent(f)}`
 
         const PreviewSource = (props: { i?: ImageMetadata; sm?: boolean }) => {
             const { i, sm } = props