diff --git a/config/app/variables/cli/cli.json b/config/app/variables/cli/cli.json
index b9eeaf73c..816eb9f12 100644
--- a/config/app/variables/cli/cli.json
+++ b/config/app/variables/cli/cli.json
@@ -85,15 +85,6 @@
             "describe": "URL of the SPARQL endpoint, when using a quadstore-based configuration."
           }
         },
-        {
-          "@type": "YargsParameter",
-          "name": "podConfigJson",
-          "options": {
-            "requiresArg": true,
-            "type": "string",
-            "describe": "Path to the file that keeps track of dynamic Pod configurations."
-          }
-        },
         {
           "@type": "YargsParameter",
           "name": "seededPodConfigJson",
diff --git a/config/app/variables/resolver/resolver.json b/config/app/variables/resolver/resolver.json
index 2341d0f6b..884d241d4 100644
--- a/config/app/variables/resolver/resolver.json
+++ b/config/app/variables/resolver/resolver.json
@@ -51,14 +51,6 @@
             "defaultValue": false
           }
         },
-        {
-          "CombinedShorthandResolver:_resolvers_key": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:podConfigJson",
-          "CombinedShorthandResolver:_resolvers_value": {
-            "@type": "AssetPathExtractor",
-            "key": "podConfigJson",
-            "defaultPath": "./pod-config.json"
-          }
-        },
         {
           "CombinedShorthandResolver:_resolvers_key": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:seededPodConfigJson",
           "CombinedShorthandResolver:_resolvers_value": {
diff --git a/config/identity/pod/dynamic.json b/config/identity/pod/dynamic.json
index 4ab11eec1..41452fd4d 100644
--- a/config/identity/pod/dynamic.json
+++ b/config/identity/pod/dynamic.json
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
     {
       "comment": "This is where the pod configurations will be stored.",
       "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:PodConfigurationStorage",
-      "@type": "JsonFileStorage",
-      "filePath": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:podConfigJson" },
-      "locker": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResourceLocker" }
+      "@type": "EncodingPathStorage",
+      "relativePath": "/dynamic-pods/configs/",
+      "source": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:KeyValueStorage" }
     },
 
     {
diff --git a/config/util/variables/default.json b/config/util/variables/default.json
index ec3767640..4cfab2aaa 100644
--- a/config/util/variables/default.json
+++ b/config/util/variables/default.json
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
       "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:showStackTrace",
       "@type": "Variable"
     },
-    {
-      "comment": "Path to the JSON file used to store configuration for dynamic pods.",
-      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:podConfigJson",
-      "@type": "Variable"
-    },
     {
       "comment": "Path to the JSON file used to seed pods.",
       "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:seededPodConfigJson",
diff --git a/src/pods/generate/TemplatedPodGenerator.ts b/src/pods/generate/TemplatedPodGenerator.ts
index 84883eb7b..6c8902087 100644
--- a/src/pods/generate/TemplatedPodGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/pods/generate/TemplatedPodGenerator.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import type { KeyValueStorage } from '../../storage/keyvalue/KeyValueStorage';
 import type { ResourceStore } from '../../storage/ResourceStore';
 import { BadRequestHttpError } from '../../util/errors/BadRequestHttpError';
 import { ConflictHttpError } from '../../util/errors/ConflictHttpError';
-import { joinFilePath } from '../../util/PathUtil';
+import { joinFilePath, modulePathPlaceholder, resolveAssetPath } from '../../util/PathUtil';
 import type { PodSettings } from '../settings/PodSettings';
 import type { ComponentsJsFactory } from './ComponentsJsFactory';
 import type { PodGenerator } from './PodGenerator';
 import type { VariableHandler } from './variables/VariableHandler';
 import { isValidVariable, TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE_VARIABLE } from './variables/Variables';
 
-const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = joinFilePath(__dirname, '../../../templates/config/');
+const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = resolveAssetPath(`${modulePathPlaceholder}/templates/config/`);
 
 /**
  * Creates a new ResourceStore when creating a pod based on a Components.js configuration.