diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/instance/views.py b/api/funkwhale_api/instance/views.py
index f6f31bafb..77a8b824c 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/instance/views.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/instance/views.py
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ class SpaManifest(generics.GenericAPIView):
             settings.FUNKWHALE_SPA_HTML_ROOT, "manifest.json"
         )
         parsed_manifest = json.loads(existing_manifest)
-        parsed_manifest["start_url"] = federation_utils.full_url("/")
         instance_name = preferences.get("instance__name")
         if instance_name:
             parsed_manifest["short_name"] = instance_name
diff --git a/api/tests/instance/test_views.py b/api/tests/instance/test_views.py
index 2ed846f7b..fab72d537 100644
--- a/api/tests/instance/test_views.py
+++ b/api/tests/instance/test_views.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def test_manifest_endpoint(api_client, mocker, preferences, tmp_path, settings):
         "name": "Test pod",
         "short_name": "Test pod",
         "description": "Test description",
-        "start_url": federation_utils.full_url("/"),
     }
     manifest.write_bytes(json.dumps(base_payload).encode())
 
diff --git a/front/vite.config.ts b/front/vite.config.ts
index 34a3a7ee0..feca1a17a 100644
--- a/front/vite.config.ts
+++ b/front/vite.config.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => ({
       },
       manifest: {
         name: 'Funkwhale',
+        start_url: undefined,
+        scope: undefined,
         short_name: 'Funkwhale',
         description: 'TODO',
         icons: [