diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f1fc182..54d5a9e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
 
 # -- Configuration for this theme --------------------------------------------
 
-ogp_site_url = 'https://sphinxext-opengraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/'
-
 # Configuration for testing but generally we use the defaults
 # Uncomment lines to see their effect.
 ogp_social_cards = {
diff --git a/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py b/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py
index ba021a0..574d13a 100644
--- a/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import posixpath
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse, urlsplit, urlunsplit
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
 from docutils import nodes
 
@@ -253,15 +253,9 @@ def ambient_site_url() -> str:
     # readthedocs addons sets the READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL variable,
     # or defines the ``html_baseurl`` variable in conf.py
     if rtd_canonical_url := os.getenv('READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL'):
-        parse_result = urlsplit(rtd_canonical_url)
-    else:
-        msg = 'ReadTheDocs did not provide a valid canonical URL!'
-        raise RuntimeError(msg)
-
-    # Grab root url from canonical url
-    return urlunsplit(
-        (parse_result.scheme, parse_result.netloc, parse_result.path, '', '')
-    )
+        return rtd_canonical_url
+    msg = 'ReadTheDocs did not provide a valid canonical URL!'
+    raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
 
 def social_card_for_page(