diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 7b48278a7..a9ef175e0 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function getBackupUrl(appBackupIds, callback) {
     settings.getBackupConfig(function (error, backupConfig) {
         if (error) return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
-        api(backupConfig.provider).getBackupUrl(backupConfig, filename, function (error, result) {
+        api(backupConfig.provider).getBackupCredentials(backupConfig, filename, function (error, result) {
             if (error) return callback(error);
 
             result.id = filename;
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function getAppBackupUrl(app, callback) {
     settings.getBackupConfig(function (error, backupConfig) {
         if (error) return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
-        api(backupConfig.provider).getBackupUrl(backupConfig, configFilename, function (error, result) {
+        api(backupConfig.provider).getBackupCredentials(backupConfig, configFilename, function (error, result) {
             if (error) return callback(error);
 
             result.id = dataFilename;
diff --git a/src/storage/caas.js b/src/storage/caas.js
index d752cac91..9d7edff39 100644
--- a/src/storage/caas.js
+++ b/src/storage/caas.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getBackupUrl: getBackupUrl,
     getRestoreUrl: getRestoreUrl,
 
     copyObject: copyObject,
@@ -57,20 +56,6 @@ function getAllPaged(apiConfig, page, perPage, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function getBackupUrl(apiConfig, filename, callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof filename, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    if (!apiConfig.bucket || !apiConfig.prefix) return new Error('Invalid configuration'); // prevent error in s3
-
-    getBackupCredentials(apiConfig, function (error, credentials) {
-        if (error) return callback(error);
-
-        callback(null, credentials);
-    });
-}
-
 function getRestoreUrl(apiConfig, filename, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof filename, 'string');
diff --git a/src/storage/s3.js b/src/storage/s3.js
index 553229b99..ce1d3ed2c 100644
--- a/src/storage/s3.js
+++ b/src/storage/s3.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getBackupUrl: getBackupUrl,
     getRestoreUrl: getRestoreUrl,
 
     copyObject: copyObject,
@@ -65,28 +64,6 @@ function getAllPaged(apiConfig, page, perPage, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function getBackupUrl(apiConfig, filename, callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof filename, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    getBackupCredentials(apiConfig, function (error, credentials) {
-        if (error) return callback(error);
-
-        var s3 = new AWS.S3(credentials);
-
-        var params = {
-            Bucket: apiConfig.bucket,
-            Key: apiConfig.prefix + '/' + filename,
-            Expires: 60 * 30 /* 30 minutes */
-        };
-
-        var url = s3.getSignedUrl('putObject', params);
-
-        callback(null, { url : url, id: filename });
-    });
-}
-
 function getRestoreUrl(apiConfig, filename, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof filename, 'string');