diff --git a/autoendpoint/src/extractors/subscription.rs b/autoendpoint/src/extractors/subscription.rs
index 9885a013d..a48602c4d 100644
--- a/autoendpoint/src/extractors/subscription.rs
+++ b/autoendpoint/src/extractors/subscription.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use actix_web::{dev::Payload, web::Data, FromRequest, HttpRequest};
 use autopush_common::{
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ use cadence::{CountedExt, StatsdClient};
 use futures::{future::LocalBoxFuture, FutureExt};
 use jsonwebtoken::{Algorithm, DecodingKey, Validation};
 use openssl::hash::MessageDigest;
-use url::Url;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::error::{ApiError, ApiErrorKind, ApiResult};
@@ -293,8 +291,9 @@ fn validate_vapid_jwt(
 
     let public_key = decode_public_key(public_key)?;
     let mut validation = Validation::new(Algorithm::ES256);
-    let audience: Vec<&str> = settings.vapid_aud.iter().map(|s| s.as_str()).collect();
-    validation.set_audience(&audience);
+    // Set the audiences we allow. This obsoletes the need to manually match
+    // against values later.
+    validation.set_audience(&[settings.endpoint_url().origin().ascii_serialization()]);
     validation.set_required_spec_claims(&["exp", "aud", "sub"]);
 
     let token_data = match jsonwebtoken::decode::<VapidClaims>(
@@ -389,27 +388,6 @@ fn validate_vapid_jwt(
         return Err(VapidError::FutureExpirationToken.into());
     }
 
-    let aud = match Url::from_str(&token_data.claims.aud) {
-        Ok(v) => v,
-        Err(_) => {
-            error!("Bad Aud: Invalid audience {:?}", &token_data.claims.aud);
-            metrics.clone().incr("notification.auth.bad_vapid.aud");
-            return Err(VapidError::InvalidAudience.into());
-        }
-    };
-
-    let domain = &settings.endpoint_url();
-
-    if domain != &aud {
-        info!(
-            "Bad Aud: I am <{:?}>, asked for <{:?}> ",
-            domain.as_str(),
-            token_data.claims.aud
-        );
-        metrics.clone().incr("notification.auth.bad_vapid.domain");
-        return Err(VapidError::InvalidAudience.into());
-    }
-
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -512,6 +490,23 @@ pub mod tests {
         ));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn vapid_aud_valid_for_alternate_host() {
+        let domain = "https://example.org";
+        let test_settings = Settings {
+            endpoint_url: domain.to_owned(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let header = make_vapid(
+            "mailto:admin@example.com",
+            domain,
+            VapidClaims::default_exp() - 100,
+            PUB_KEY.to_owned(),
+        );
+        let result = validate_vapid_jwt(&header, &test_settings, &Metrics::noop());
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn vapid_exp_is_string() {
         #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -523,7 +518,7 @@ pub mod tests {
 
         let domain = "https://push.services.mozilla.org";
         let test_settings = Settings {
-            endpoint_url: "domain".to_owned(),
+            endpoint_url: domain.to_owned(),
             ..Default::default()
         };
         let jwk_header = jsonwebtoken::Header::new(jsonwebtoken::Algorithm::ES256);
diff --git a/autoendpoint/src/settings.rs b/autoendpoint/src/settings.rs
index e519ac3ef..02dc4ba13 100644
--- a/autoendpoint/src/settings.rs
+++ b/autoendpoint/src/settings.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ pub struct Settings {
     pub router_table_name: String,
     pub message_table_name: String,
 
-    pub vapid_aud: Vec<String>,
-
     /// A stringified JSON list of VAPID public keys which should be tracked internally.
     /// This should ONLY include Mozilla generated and consumed messages (e.g. "SendToTab", etc.)
     /// These keys should be specified in stripped, b64encoded, X962 format (e.g. a single line of
@@ -70,10 +68,6 @@ impl Default for Settings {
             db_settings: "".to_owned(),
             router_table_name: "router".to_string(),
             message_table_name: "message".to_string(),
-            vapid_aud: vec![
-                "https://push.services.mozilla.org".to_string(),
-                "http://127.0.0.1:9160".to_string(),
-            ],
             // max data is a bit hard to figure out, due to encryption. Using something
             // like pywebpush, if you encode a block of 4096 bytes, you'll get a
             // 4216 byte data block. Since we're going to be receiving this, we have to