diff --git a/mediaapi/mediaapi.go b/mediaapi/mediaapi.go
index 3425fbce6..4eb45b3d1 100644
--- a/mediaapi/mediaapi.go
+++ b/mediaapi/mediaapi.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package mediaapi
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/httputil"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/sqlutil"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/routing"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/storage"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 // AddPublicRoutes sets up and registers HTTP handlers for the MediaAPI component.
 func AddPublicRoutes(
-	mediaRouter *mux.Router,
+	routers httputil.Routers,
 	cm *sqlutil.Connections,
 	cfg *config.Dendrite,
 	userAPI userapi.MediaUserAPI,
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ func AddPublicRoutes(
 	}
 
 	routing.Setup(
-		mediaRouter, cfg, mediaDB, userAPI, client,
+		routers, cfg, mediaDB, userAPI, client,
 	)
 }
diff --git a/mediaapi/routing/routing.go b/mediaapi/routing/routing.go
index 5963eeaae..4edb5ab2c 100644
--- a/mediaapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/mediaapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type configResponse struct {
 // applied:
 // nolint: gocyclo
 func Setup(
-	publicAPIMux *mux.Router,
+	routers httputil.Routers,
 	cfg *config.Dendrite,
 	db storage.Database,
 	userAPI userapi.MediaUserAPI,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func Setup(
 ) {
 	rateLimits := httputil.NewRateLimits(&cfg.ClientAPI.RateLimiting)
 
-	v3mux := publicAPIMux.PathPrefix("/{apiversion:(?:r0|v1|v3)}/").Subrouter()
+	v3mux := routers.Media.PathPrefix("/{apiversion:(?:r0|v1|v3)}/").Subrouter()
 
 	activeThumbnailGeneration := &types.ActiveThumbnailGeneration{
 		PathToResult: map[string]*types.ThumbnailGenerationResult{},
diff --git a/setup/monolith.go b/setup/monolith.go
index 4856d6e83..64a447acb 100644
--- a/setup/monolith.go
+++ b/setup/monolith.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (m *Monolith) AddAllPublicRoutes(
 	federationapi.AddPublicRoutes(
 		processCtx, routers, cfg, natsInstance, m.UserAPI, m.FedClient, m.KeyRing, m.RoomserverAPI, m.FederationAPI, enableMetrics,
 	)
-	mediaapi.AddPublicRoutes(routers.Media, cm, cfg, m.UserAPI, m.Client)
+	mediaapi.AddPublicRoutes(routers, cm, cfg, m.UserAPI, m.Client)
 	syncapi.AddPublicRoutes(processCtx, routers, cfg, cm, natsInstance, m.UserAPI, m.RoomserverAPI, caches, enableMetrics)
 
 	if m.RelayAPI != nil {