diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py b/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
index e4ae980b..662afa77 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ def make_error(status_code, message=None):
     return response
 
 
-def base_url():
-    return '%s://%s/' % (request.environ['wsgi.url_scheme'],
-                         request.environ['HTTP_HOST'])
-
-
 def base_ws_uri():
     """Base websocket uri."""
     # TODO Revisit as this is a workaround to address issue
     # https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/issues/1465.
+    # NOTE: This is now only for the WS API. Env-variable should be renamed to
+    # e.g. WS_HOST or WEBSOCKET_HOST
     host = request.environ['HTTP_HOST'].split(':')[0]
     return 'ws://{}:{}'.format(host, config['wsserver']['port'])
diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py b/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py
index 669e6df3..d6240bdb 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import flask
 from flask_restful import Resource
 
 import bigchaindb
-from bigchaindb.web.views.base import base_url, base_ws_uri
+from bigchaindb.web.views.base import base_ws_uri
 from bigchaindb import version
 from bigchaindb.web.websocket_server import EVENTS_ENDPOINT
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class RootIndex(Resource):
         ]
         return flask.jsonify({
             'api': {
-                'v1': get_api_v1_info()
+                'v1': get_api_v1_info('/api/v1/')
             },
             'docs': ''.join(docs_url),
             'software': 'BigchainDB',
@@ -29,15 +29,14 @@ class RootIndex(Resource):
 
 class ApiV1Index(Resource):
     def get(self):
-        return flask.jsonify(get_api_v1_info())
+        return flask.jsonify(get_api_v1_info('/'))
 
 
-def get_api_v1_info():
+def get_api_v1_info(api_prefix):
     """
     Return a dict with all the information specific for the v1 of the
     api.
     """
-    api_root = base_url() + 'api/v1/'
     websocket_root = base_ws_uri() + EVENTS_ENDPOINT
     docs_url = [
         'https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/v',
@@ -47,9 +46,9 @@ def get_api_v1_info():
 
     return {
         'docs': ''.join(docs_url),
-        'transactions': api_root + 'transactions/',
-        'statuses': api_root + 'statuses/',
-        'assets': api_root + 'assets/',
-        'outputs': api_root + 'outputs/',
+        'transactions': '{}transactions/'.format(api_prefix),
+        'statuses': '{}statuses/'.format(api_prefix),
+        'assets': '{}assets/'.format(api_prefix),
+        'outputs': '{}outputs/'.format(api_prefix),
         'streams': websocket_root
     }
diff --git a/tests/web/test_info.py b/tests/web/test_info.py
index 3de01092..f3a1fe76 100644
--- a/tests/web/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/web/test_info.py
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
-import pytest
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def api_v1_info():
-    docs_url = ['https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/vtsttst',
-                '/http-client-server-api.html',
-                ]
-    return {
-        'docs': ''.join(docs_url),
-        'transactions': 'http://localhost/api/v1/transactions/',
-        'statuses': 'http://localhost/api/v1/statuses/',
-        'assets': 'http://localhost/api/v1/assets/',
-        'outputs': 'http://localhost/api/v1/outputs/',
-        'streams': 'ws://localhost:9985/api/v1/streams/valid_transactions',
-    }
-
 
 @mock.patch('bigchaindb.version.__short_version__', 'tst')
 @mock.patch('bigchaindb.version.__version__', 'tsttst')
 @mock.patch('bigchaindb.config', {'keyring': ['abc'], 'keypair': {'public': 'def'}})
-def test_api_root_endpoint(client, api_v1_info):
+def test_api_root_endpoint(client):
     res = client.get('/')
+    docs_url = ['https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/vtsttst',
+                '/http-client-server-api.html']
     assert res.json == {
         'api': {
-            'v1': api_v1_info
+            'v1': {
+                'docs': ''.join(docs_url),
+                'transactions': '/api/v1/transactions/',
+                'statuses': '/api/v1/statuses/',
+                'assets': '/api/v1/assets/',
+                'outputs': '/api/v1/outputs/',
+                'streams': 'ws://localhost:9985/api/v1/streams/valid_transactions',
+            }
         },
         'docs': 'https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/vtsttst/',
         'version': 'tsttst',
@@ -37,6 +29,16 @@ def test_api_root_endpoint(client, api_v1_info):
 
 @mock.patch('bigchaindb.version.__short_version__', 'tst')
 @mock.patch('bigchaindb.version.__version__', 'tsttst')
-def test_api_v1_endpoint(client, api_v1_info):
+def test_api_v1_endpoint(client):
+    docs_url = ['https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/vtsttst',
+                '/http-client-server-api.html']
+    api_v1_info = {
+        'docs': ''.join(docs_url),
+        'transactions': '/transactions/',
+        'statuses': '/statuses/',
+        'assets': '/assets/',
+        'outputs': '/outputs/',
+        'streams': 'ws://localhost:9985/api/v1/streams/valid_transactions',
+    }
     res = client.get('/api/v1')
     assert res.json == api_v1_info