diff --git a/src/collections/Media/Media.ts b/src/collections/Media/Media.ts
index 2d6ff51..b63dbaa 100644
--- a/src/collections/Media/Media.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Media/Media.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,5 @@ export const Media: CollectionConfig = {
       }),
     },
   ],
-  upload: {
-    // Upload to the public/media directory in Next.js making them publicly accessible even outside of Payload
-    staticDir: path.resolve(dirname, '../../public/media'),
-  },
+  upload: true,
 }