diff --git a/docker/devenv/defaults.env b/docker/devenv/defaults.env
index 7f9c107494..efae883c50 100644
--- a/docker/devenv/defaults.env
+++ b/docker/devenv/defaults.env
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ PENPOT_USER_DATA_VOLUME=penpotdev_user_data
 # database number (0 for ws0, 1 for ws1, ...) set by instance-env-overrides.
 PENPOT_HOST=devenv
 PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI=https://localhost:3449
+# In-container address of the platform edge (nginx), used to reach the
+# backend without leaving through the public URI (which is host-side and
+# unreachable from inside the container). Caddy only emulates the external
+# HTTPS layer; no service goes outside to come back in. The exporter worker
+# uses it for the management API; per-container loopback, so ws1+ overrides
+# never touch it.
+PENPOT_INTERNAL_URI=http://localhost:4449
 PENPOT_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://postgres/penpot
 PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME=penpot
 PENPOT_DATABASE_PASSWORD=penpot
diff --git a/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf b/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf
index 5a0a81f091..1b9f3173ee 100644
--- a/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf
@@ -137,10 +137,6 @@ http {
         }
 
         # On production, this is controlled by ELB
-        location /api/export {
-            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6061;
-        }
-
         location /api {
             proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6060/api;
             proxy_http_version 1.1;