diff --git a/src/core/public/http/base_path.ts b/src/core/public/http/base_path.ts
index 8c45d707cf26..44d2560bb4c8 100644
--- a/src/core/public/http/base_path.ts
+++ b/src/core/public/http/base_path.ts
@@ -45,20 +45,12 @@ export class BasePath {
     return this.basePath;
   };
 
-  public prepend = (path: string): string => {
-    if (!this.get()) return path;
+  public prepend = (path: string, withoutWorkspace: boolean = false): string => {
+    const basePath = withoutWorkspace ? this.basePath : this.get();
+    if (!basePath) return path;
     return modifyUrl(path, (parts) => {
       if (!parts.hostname && parts.pathname && parts.pathname.startsWith('/')) {
-        parts.pathname = `${this.get()}${parts.pathname}`;
-      }
-    });
-  };
-
-  public prependWithoutWorkspacePath = (path: string): string => {
-    if (!this.basePath) return path;
-    return modifyUrl(path, (parts) => {
-      if (!parts.hostname && parts.pathname && parts.pathname.startsWith('/')) {
-        parts.pathname = `${this.basePath}${parts.pathname}`;
+        parts.pathname = `${basePath}${parts.pathname}`;
       }
     });
   };
diff --git a/src/core/public/http/http_service.ts b/src/core/public/http/http_service.ts
index 10d51bb2de7d..45f69f1a6926 100644
--- a/src/core/public/http/http_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/public/http/http_service.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { AnonymousPathsService } from './anonymous_paths_service';
 import { LoadingCountService } from './loading_count_service';
 import { Fetch } from './fetch';
 import { CoreService } from '../../types';
+import { getWorkspaceIdFromUrl } from '../utils';
 
 interface HttpDeps {
   injectedMetadata: InjectedMetadataSetup;
@@ -50,10 +51,15 @@ export class HttpService implements CoreService<HttpSetup, HttpStart> {
 
   public setup({ injectedMetadata, fatalErrors }: HttpDeps): HttpSetup {
     const opensearchDashboardsVersion = injectedMetadata.getOpenSearchDashboardsVersion();
+    let workspaceBasePath = '';
+    const workspaceId = getWorkspaceIdFromUrl(window.location.href);
+    if (workspaceId) {
+      workspaceBasePath = `/w/${workspaceId}`;
+    }
     const basePath = new BasePath(
       injectedMetadata.getBasePath(),
       injectedMetadata.getServerBasePath(),
-      injectedMetadata.getWorkspaceBasePath()
+      workspaceBasePath
     );
     const fetchService = new Fetch({ basePath, opensearchDashboardsVersion });
     const loadingCount = this.loadingCount.setup({ fatalErrors });
diff --git a/src/core/public/http/types.ts b/src/core/public/http/types.ts
index e5fb68b464e9..9a466a1519c7 100644
--- a/src/core/public/http/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/public/http/types.ts
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ export interface IBasePath {
    * See {@link BasePath.get} for getting the basePath value for a specific request
    */
   readonly serverBasePath: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Prepends `path` with the basePath.
-   */
-  prependWithoutWorkspacePath: (url: string) => string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/core/public/injected_metadata/injected_metadata_service.ts b/src/core/public/injected_metadata/injected_metadata_service.ts
index ccda2fbc925a..88ea56cfa62e 100644
--- a/src/core/public/injected_metadata/injected_metadata_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/public/injected_metadata/injected_metadata_service.ts
@@ -152,15 +152,6 @@ export class InjectedMetadataService {
       getSurvey: () => {
         return this.state.survey;
       },
-
-      getWorkspaceBasePath: () => {
-        const workspaceId = getWorkspaceIdFromUrl(window.location.href);
-        if (workspaceId) {
-          return `/w/${workspaceId}`;
-        }
-
-        return '';
-      },
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts
index 07f1b84f32fe..31d996f3b341 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ import {
   AppMountParameters,
   AppNavLinkStatus,
 } from '../../../core/public';
-import { WORKSPACE_APP_ID, PATHS } from '../common/constants';
+import { WORKSPACE_APP_ID } from '../common/constants';
 import { mountDropdownList } from './mount';
 import { getWorkspaceIdFromUrl } from '../../../core/public/utils';
 
 export class WorkspacesPlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
   private core?: CoreSetup;
-  private getWorkpsaceIdFromURL(): string | null {
+  private getWorkspaceIdFromURL(): string | null {
     return getWorkspaceIdFromUrl(window.location.href);
   }
   private getPatchedUrl = (url: string, workspaceId: string) => {
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ export class WorkspacesPlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
     this.core = core;
     this.core?.workspaces.setFormatUrlWithWorkspaceId((url, id) => this.getPatchedUrl(url, id));
     /**
-     * Retrive workspace id from url
+     * Retrieve workspace id from url
      */
-    const workspaceId = this.getWorkpsaceIdFromURL();
+    const workspaceId = this.getWorkspaceIdFromURL();
 
     if (workspaceId) {
       const result = await core.workspaces.client.enterWorkspace(workspaceId);