diff --git a/ghost/member-attribution/lib/outbound-link-tagger.js b/ghost/member-attribution/lib/outbound-link-tagger.js
index 53d6e14d22..0b3e34049a 100644
--- a/ghost/member-attribution/lib/outbound-link-tagger.js
+++ b/ghost/member-attribution/lib/outbound-link-tagger.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class OutboundLinkTagger {
             const name = slugify(useNewsletter.get('name'));
 
             // If newsletter name ends with newsletter, don't add it again
-            const ref = name.endsWith('newsletter') ? `${domain}-${name}` : `${domain}-${name}-newsletter`;
+            const ref = name.endsWith('newsletter') ? name : `${name}-newsletter`;
             url.searchParams.append('ref', ref);
         } else {
             url.searchParams.append('ref', domain);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class OutboundLinkTagger {
      * e.g. https://example.com/ -> example.com
      * e.g. https://example.ghost.io/ -> example.ghost.io
      * e.g. https://www.example.com/ -> example.com
-     * 
+     *
      * @param {URL} url to extract domain from
      * @returns {string} just the domain, e.g. example.com or example.ghost.io, but not www.example.com
     */
diff --git a/ghost/member-attribution/test/outbound-link-tagger.test.js b/ghost/member-attribution/test/outbound-link-tagger.test.js
index 09232d03ba..28765500a0 100644
--- a/ghost/member-attribution/test/outbound-link-tagger.test.js
+++ b/ghost/member-attribution/test/outbound-link-tagger.test.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('OutboundLinkTagger', function () {
 
             const updatedUrl = await service.addToUrl(url, newsletter);
 
-            should(updatedUrl.toString()).equal('https://example.com/?ref=blog.com-used-newsletter-name-newsletter');
+            should(updatedUrl.toString()).equal('https://example.com/?ref=used-newsletter-name-newsletter');
         });
 
         it('does not repeat newsletter at the end of the newsletter name', async function () {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('OutboundLinkTagger', function () {
             };
             const updatedUrl = await service.addToUrl(url, newsletter);
 
-            should(updatedUrl.toString()).equal('https://example.com/?ref=blog.com-weekly-newsletter');
+            should(updatedUrl.toString()).equal('https://example.com/?ref=weekly-newsletter');
         });
 
         it('does not add ref to blocked domains', async function () {