diff --git a/cmd/dendrite-polylith-multi/personalities/mediaapi.go b/cmd/dendrite-polylith-multi/personalities/mediaapi.go
index 8c0bfa195..69d5fd5a8 100644
--- a/cmd/dendrite-polylith-multi/personalities/mediaapi.go
+++ b/cmd/dendrite-polylith-multi/personalities/mediaapi.go
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ func MediaAPI(base *basepkg.BaseDendrite, cfg *config.Dendrite) {
 	client := base.CreateClient()
 
 	mediaapi.AddPublicRoutes(
-		base, base.PublicMediaAPIMux, &base.Cfg.MediaAPI, &base.Cfg.ClientAPI.RateLimiting,
-		userAPI, client,
+		base, userAPI, client,
 	)
 
 	base.SetupAndServeHTTP(
diff --git a/mediaapi/mediaapi.go b/mediaapi/mediaapi.go
index f2fa14384..5976957ca 100644
--- a/mediaapi/mediaapi.go
+++ b/mediaapi/mediaapi.go
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@
 package mediaapi
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/routing"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/storage"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/base"
-	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
 	userapi "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/userapi/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -28,18 +26,18 @@ import (
 // AddPublicRoutes sets up and registers HTTP handlers for the MediaAPI component.
 func AddPublicRoutes(
 	base *base.BaseDendrite,
-	router *mux.Router,
-	cfg *config.MediaAPI,
-	rateLimit *config.RateLimiting,
 	userAPI userapi.UserInternalAPI,
 	client *gomatrixserverlib.Client,
 ) {
+	cfg := &base.Cfg.MediaAPI
+	rateCfg := &base.Cfg.ClientAPI.RateLimiting
+
 	mediaDB, err := storage.NewMediaAPIDatasource(base, &cfg.Database)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.WithError(err).Panicf("failed to connect to media db")
 	}
 
 	routing.Setup(
-		router, cfg, rateLimit, mediaDB, userAPI, client,
+		base.PublicMediaAPIMux, cfg, rateCfg, mediaDB, userAPI, client,
 	)
 }
diff --git a/setup/monolith.go b/setup/monolith.go
index fb55982cd..5fe145f1c 100644
--- a/setup/monolith.go
+++ b/setup/monolith.go
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ func (m *Monolith) AddAllPublicRoutes(base *base.BaseDendrite, csMux, ssMux, key
 		m.KeyAPI, nil,
 	)
 	mediaapi.AddPublicRoutes(
-		base, mediaMux, &m.Config.MediaAPI, &m.Config.ClientAPI.RateLimiting,
-		m.UserAPI, m.Client,
+		base, m.UserAPI, m.Client,
 	)
 	syncapi.AddPublicRoutes(
 		base, csMux, m.UserAPI, m.RoomserverAPI,