diff --git a/group_vars/matrix_servers b/group_vars/matrix_servers
index a928cd083..fd2002ae6 100755
--- a/group_vars/matrix_servers
+++ b/group_vars/matrix_servers
@@ -5884,7 +5884,7 @@ matrix_static_files_file_matrix_client_property_m_tile_server_map_style_url: "{{
 
 # We set this regardless of whether synapse-admin is enabled, because people may wish to use a hosted (externally) synapse-admin installation and still have it auto-configured.
 # See: https://github.com/etkecc/synapse-admin/pull/126
-matrix_static_files_file_matrix_client_property_cc_etke_synapse_admin_auto: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_well_known_client_configuration if matrix_homeserver_implementation == 'synapse' else {} }}"
+matrix_static_files_file_matrix_client_property_cc_etke_synapse_admin_auto: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_configuration if matrix_homeserver_implementation == 'synapse' else {} }}"
 
 matrix_static_files_file_matrix_server_property_m_server: "{{ matrix_server_fqn_matrix_federation }}:{{ matrix_federation_public_port }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/defaults/main.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/defaults/main.yml
index 85c7007c7..bf775bb94 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/defaults/main.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ matrix_synapse_admin_path_prefix: /synapse-admin
 #
 # The side-effect of this lookup is that Ansible would even parse the JSON for us, returning a dict.
 # This is unlike what it does when looking up YAML template files (no automatic parsing there).
-matrix_synapse_admin_configuration_default: "{{ lookup('template', 'templates/config.json.j2') }}"
+matrix_synapse_admin_configuration_default:
+  restrictBaseUrl: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_restrictBaseUrl }}"
+  asManagedUsers: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_asManagedUsers }}"
+  supportURL: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_supportURL }}"
+  menu: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_menu }}"
 
 # Your custom JSON configuration for synapse-admin should go to `matrix_synapse_admin_configuration_extension_json`.
 # This configuration extends the default starting configuration (`matrix_synapse_admin_configuration_default`).
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/templates/config.json.j2 b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/templates/config.json.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 672a979c5..000000000
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/templates/config.json.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"restrictBaseUrl": {{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_restrictBaseUrl | to_json }},
-	"asManagedUsers": {{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_asManagedUsers | to_json }},
-	"supportURL": {{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_supportURL | to_json }},
-	"menu": {{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_menu | to_json }},
-}
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/vars/main.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 768390424..000000000
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-
-# Configuration that can be injected into a `/.well-known/matrix/client` file,
-# to let synapse-admin users use any synapse-admin instance and still get synapse-admin auto-configured correctly.
-# See: https://github.com/etkecc/synapse-admin/pull/126
-#
-# This duplicates `roles/custom/matrix-synapse-admin/templates/config.json.j2` and is usable by other roles directly.
-# Alternatively, `matrix_synapse_admin_configuration` may have been used instead of this variable, but that one does not work reliably
-# when used outside the context of this role, because `lookup('template', 'templates/config.json.j2')` only does the right thing in the context of this role.
-matrix_synapse_admin_well_known_client_configuration:
-  restrictBaseUrl: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_restrictBaseUrl }}"
-  asManagedUsers: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_asManagedUsers }}"
-  supportURL: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_supportURL }}"
-  menu: "{{ matrix_synapse_admin_config_menu }}"