diff --git a/app/workers/pubsubhubbub/distribution_worker.rb b/app/workers/pubsubhubbub/distribution_worker.rb
index d8cec2ef2..7917434f7 100644
--- a/app/workers/pubsubhubbub/distribution_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/pubsubhubbub/distribution_worker.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ class Pubsubhubbub::DistributionWorker
   def perform(stream_entry_id)
     stream_entry = StreamEntry.find(stream_entry_id)
     account      = stream_entry.account
-    payload      = AccountsController.render(:show, assigns: { account: account, entries: [stream_entry] }, formats: [:atom])
+    renderer     = AccountsController.renderer.new(method: 'get', http_host: Rails.configuration.x.local_domain, https: Rails.configuration.x.use_https)
+    payload      = renderer.render(:show, assigns: { account: account, entries: [stream_entry] }, formats: [:atom])
 
     Subscription.where(account: account).active.select('id').find_each do |subscription|
       Pubsubhubbub::DeliveryWorker.perform_async(subscription.id, payload)
diff --git a/config/initializers/ostatus.rb b/config/initializers/ostatus.rb
index 8772edb5e..4ba432b6a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/ostatus.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/ostatus.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@ Rails.application.configure do
     config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = ["http#{https ? 's' : ''}://#{host}"]
   end
 end
-
-ApplicationController.renderer.defaults.merge!(
-  http_host: host,
-  https: https
-)