diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4594220b355495a1e5aac6b74c603c1d943b02b..813fd6c3ccbc9726160a55d79ef4590515902ffe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ and relevant snippet or fix inside of an issue.
 This project is Open Source Software and licensed under the terms of
 the [MIT License].
 
-[coscine-logo]: ./docs/_static/coscine_logo_rgb.png
-[python-logo]:  ./docs/_static/python-powered-w-200x80.png
-[documentation]: https://coscine.pages.rwth-aachen.de/community-features/coscine-python-sdk/coscine.html
-[MIT License]: ./LICENSE.txt
+[coscine-logo]: https://git.rwth-aachen.de/coscine/community-features/coscine-python-sdk/-/raw/master/docs/_static/coscine_logo_rgb.png
+[python-logo]: https://git.rwth-aachen.de/coscine/community-features/coscine-python-sdk/-/raw/master/docs/_static/python-powered-w-200x80.png
+[documentation]: https://coscine.pages.rwth-aachen.de/community-features/coscine-python-sdk/
+[MIT License]: https://git.rwth-aachen.de/coscine/community-features/coscine-python-sdk/-/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 079801c6e3945051a20deb6e5ea58b87ec0ed5d1..ebfe5dfdb1abfb1d822b3252bc9e67308ee0b35e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,12 +14,8 @@ PROJECT_URL = (
 README = ""
 
 # Read README.md into $description to serve as the long_description on PyPi.
-# Prepends local links with the repository url to ensure display of
-# images and other media on external platforms such as PyPi.
-# Local links in README.md are marked with the prefix './data'.
 with open("README.md", "rt", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
     README = fp.read()
-    README = README.replace("./data", PROJECT_URL + "/-/raw/master/data")
 
 
 # Read package metadata into $about