diff --git a/layouts/_default/summary-with-image.html b/layouts/_default/summary-with-image.html
index 3c9424067..046789145 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/summary-with-image.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/summary-with-image.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns">
       {{ if $featured_image }}
           {{/* Trimming the slash and adding absURL make sure the image works no matter where our site lives */}}
-        {{ $featured_image := (trim $featured_image "/") | absURL }}
         <div class="{{ cond (eq $.Site.Language.LanguageDirection "rtl") "pl3-ns" "pr3-ns" }} mb4 mb0-ns w-100 w-40-ns">
           <a href="{{.RelPermalink}}" class="db grow">
             <img src="{{ $featured_image }}" class="img" alt="image from {{ .Title }}">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/func/GetFeaturedImage.html b/layouts/partials/func/GetFeaturedImage.html
index 12ffe1cf0..8d250c700 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/func/GetFeaturedImage.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/func/GetFeaturedImage.html
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 {{ $matches := "feature,cover" }}
 {{/* Use the value from front matter if present */}}
 {{ with .Params.featured_image }}
-	{{ $linkToCover = . }}
+  {{/* This is the default case, the image lives in the static directory.
+    In which case we'll use the static dir */}}
+  {{ $linkToCover = trim . "/" | absURL }}
   {{/* If we find a Page Resource matching the exact value, we use it instead. */}}
   {{ with $.Resources.GetMatch . }}
     {{ $linkToCover = .RelPermalink }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-header.html b/layouts/partials/page-header.html
index 9e460545c..8fbaea3be 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page-header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-header.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {{ $featured_image := partial "func/GetFeaturedImage.html" . }}
 {{ if $featured_image }}
   {{/* Trimming the slash and adding absURL make sure the image works no matter where our site lives */}}
-  {{ $featured_image := (trim $featured_image "/") | absURL }}
   <header class="cover bg-top" style="background-image: url('{{ $featured_image }}');">
     <div class="bg-black-60">
       {{ partial "site-navigation.html" . }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/site-header.html b/layouts/partials/site-header.html
index aad8749f2..1a0b3cb2e 100755
--- a/layouts/partials/site-header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/site-header.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {{ $featured_image := partial "func/GetFeaturedImage.html" . }}
 {{ if $featured_image }}
   {{/* Trimming the slash and adding absURL make sure the image works no matter where our site lives */}}
-  {{ $featured_image := (trim $featured_image "/") | absURL }}
   <header class="cover bg-top" style="background-image: url('{{ $featured_image }}');">
     <div class="{{ .Site.Params.cover_dimming_class | default "bg-black-60" }}">
       {{ partial "site-navigation.html" .}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html b/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html
index dbc276093..f16556eae 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     <div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns">
       {{ if $featured_image }}
           {{/* Trimming the slash and adding absURL make sure the image works no matter where our site lives */}}
-        {{ $featured_image := (trim $featured_image "/") | absURL }}
         <div class="{{ cond (eq $.Site.Language.LanguageDirection "rtl") "pl3-ns" "pr3-ns" }} mb4 mb0-ns w-100 w-40-ns">
           <a href="{{.RelPermalink}}" class="db grow">
             <img src="{{ $featured_image }}" class="img" alt="image from {{ .Title }}">