diff --git a/docs/webpack.md b/docs/webpack.md
index 6480c11ab..b34c55814 100644
--- a/docs/webpack.md
+++ b/docs/webpack.md
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ If you need access to configs within Webpacker's configuration,
 you can import them like so:
 
 ```js
-const { config, asset_host } = require('@rails/webpacker')
+const { config } = require('@rails/webpacker')
 
-console.log(asset_host.publicPathWithHost)
+console.log(config.output_path)
 console.log(config.source_path)
 ```
 
diff --git a/package/__tests__/environment.js b/package/__tests__/environment.js
index 83e5b9d58..c5cb81c1a 100644
--- a/package/__tests__/environment.js
+++ b/package/__tests__/environment.js
@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
-/* global test expect, describe */
+/* global test expect, describe, afterAll, beforeEach */
 
 // environment.js expects to find config/webpacker.yml and resolved modules from
 // the root of a Rails project
-const cwd = process.cwd();
-const chdirApp = () => process.chdir('test/test_app')
-const chdirCwd = () => process.chdir(cwd)
-chdirApp();
-
-const { resolve, join } = require('path')
-const { sync } = require('glob')
-const assert = require('assert')
 
-const { ConfigList, ConfigObject } = require('../config_types')
+const chdirApp = () => process.chdir('test/test_app')
+const chdirCwd = () => process.chdir(process.cwd())
+chdirApp()
 
+const { resolve } = require('path')
+const rules = require('../rules')
+const { ConfigList } = require('../config_types')
 const Environment = require('../environment')
 
 describe('Environment', () => {
-  afterAll(chdirCwd);
+  afterAll(chdirCwd)
 
-  let environment;
+  let environment
 
   describe('toWebpackConfig', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -40,11 +37,11 @@ describe('Environment', () => {
 
     test('should return default loader rules for each file in config/loaders', () => {
       const config = environment.toWebpackConfig()
-      const rules = Object.keys(require('../rules'))
-      const [{ oneOf: configRules }] = config.module.rules;
+      const defaultRules = Object.keys(rules)
+      const configRules = config.module.rules
 
-      expect(rules.length).toBeGreaterThan(1)
-      expect(configRules.length).toEqual(rules.length)
+      expect(defaultRules.length).toBeGreaterThan(1)
+      expect(configRules.length).toEqual(defaultRules.length)
     })
 
     test('should return default plugins', () => {
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ describe('Environment', () => {
         resolve('app', 'javascript'),
         'node_modules',
         'app/assets',
-        '/etc/yarn',
+        '/etc/yarn'
       ])
     })
 
diff --git a/package/asset_host.js b/package/asset_host.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d66ca5228..000000000
--- a/package/asset_host.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('./config')
-const { resolve } = require('path')
-
-const removeOuterSlashes = string =>
-  string.replace(/^\/*/, '').replace(/\/*$/, '')
-
-const formatPublicPath = (host = '', path = '') => {
-  let formattedHost = removeOuterSlashes(host)
-  if (formattedHost && !/^http/i.test(formattedHost)) {
-    formattedHost = `//${formattedHost}`
-  }
-  const formattedPath = removeOuterSlashes(path)
-  return `${formattedHost}/${formattedPath}/`
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  path: resolve('public', config.public_output_path),
-  publicPath: `/${config.public_output_path}/`.replace(/([^:]\/)\/+/g, '$1'),
-  publicPathWithHost: formatPublicPath(process.env.WEBPACKER_ASSET_HOST, config.public_output_path)
-}
diff --git a/package/config.js b/package/config.js
index ab111cff5..da81d1855 100644
--- a/package/config.js
+++ b/package/config.js
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@ if (config.dev_server) {
   })
 }
 
+config.outputPath = resolve('public', config.public_output_path)
+config.publicPath = `/${config.public_output_path}/`.replace(/([^:]\/)\/+/g, '$1')
+
 module.exports = config
diff --git a/package/environment.js b/package/environment.js
index c7044e37f..0658c0dbc 100644
--- a/package/environment.js
+++ b/package/environment.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const CaseSensitivePathsPlugin = require('case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin')
 const { ConfigList, ConfigObject } = require('./config_types')
 const rules = require('./rules')
 const config = require('./config')
-const assetHost = require('./asset_host')
 
 const getLoaderList = () => {
   const result = new ConfigList()
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ const getPluginList = () => {
   result.append('Environment', new webpack.EnvironmentPlugin(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(process.env))))
   result.append('CaseSensitivePaths', new CaseSensitivePathsPlugin())
   result.append('ExtractText', new ExtractTextPlugin('[name]-[contenthash].css'))
-  result.append('Manifest', new ManifestPlugin({ publicPath: assetHost.publicPath, writeToFileEmit: true }))
+  result.append('Manifest', new ManifestPlugin({ publicPath: config.publicPath, writeToFileEmit: true }))
   return result
 }
 
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ const getBaseConfig = () =>
     output: {
       filename: '[name]-[chunkhash].js',
       chunkFilename: '[name]-[chunkhash].chunk.js',
-      path: assetHost.path,
-      publicPath: assetHost.publicPath
+      path: config.outputPath,
+      publicPath: config.publicPath
     },
 
     resolve: {
diff --git a/package/environments/development.js b/package/environments/development.js
index 41cc31483..512eed723 100644
--- a/package/environments/development.js
+++ b/package/environments/development.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const webpack = require('webpack')
 const Environment = require('../environment')
-const { dev_server: devServer } = require('../config')
-const assetHost = require('../asset_host')
+const { dev_server: devServer, outputPath: contentBase, publicPath } = require('../config')
 
 module.exports = class extends Environment {
   constructor() {
@@ -27,11 +26,11 @@ module.exports = class extends Environment {
         port: devServer.port,
         https: devServer.https,
         hot: devServer.hmr,
-        contentBase: assetHost.path,
+        contentBase,
         inline: devServer.inline,
         useLocalIp: devServer.use_local_ip,
         public: devServer.public,
-        publicPath: assetHost.publicPath,
+        publicPath,
         historyApiFallback: {
           disableDotRule: true
         },
diff --git a/package/index.js b/package/index.js
index 63d6662d7..289853a12 100644
--- a/package/index.js
+++ b/package/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const { resolve } = require('path')
 const { existsSync } = require('fs')
 const Environment = require('./environment')
 const config = require('./config')
-const assetHost = require('./asset_host')
 const loaders = require('./rules')
 
 const createEnvironment = () => {
@@ -17,5 +16,5 @@ const createEnvironment = () => {
 const environment = createEnvironment()
 
 module.exports = {
-  environment, config, assetHost, loaders, Environment
+  environment, config, loaders, Environment
 }
diff --git a/package/rules/file.js b/package/rules/file.js
index c101b99c5..bd7690a06 100644
--- a/package/rules/file.js
+++ b/package/rules/file.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const { join } = require('path')
 const { source_path } = require('../config')
-const assetHost = require('../asset_host')
 
 module.exports = {
   exclude: /\.(js|jsx|coffee|ts|tsx|vue|elm|scss|sass|css|html|json)?(\.erb)?$/,
@@ -8,8 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
     loader: 'file-loader',
     options: {
       name: '[path][name]-[hash].[ext]',
-      context: join(source_path),
-      publicPath: assetHost.publicPathWithHost
+      context: join(source_path)
     }
   }]
 }
diff --git a/package/utils/__tests__/objectify.js b/package/utils/__tests__/objectify.js
index 2c64c6248..dfe3030bc 100644
--- a/package/utils/__tests__/objectify.js
+++ b/package/utils/__tests__/objectify.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* global test expect */
-console.log('objectify test cwd', process.cwd());
 
 const objectify = require('../objectify')
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ec6d92774..0a88b7e55 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3539,6 +3539,10 @@ mixin-object@^2.0.1:
   dependencies:
     minimist "0.0.8"
 
+ms@0.7.2:
+  version "0.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-0.7.2.tgz#ae25cf2512b3885a1d95d7f037868d8431124765"
+
 ms@2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz#5608aeadfc00be6c2901df5f9861788de0d597c8"