diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx
index bd3aa93..7102764 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ function emptyMachine(
 		ssh_private_key: "",
 		ssh_private_key_passphrase: "",
 		password: "",
-		media_root: "",
-		path_prefix: "",
 		notes: "",
 	};
 }
@@ -373,22 +371,9 @@ function MachineEditor({
 					<div className="col-span-12">
 						<SectionLabel
 							title="Monitoring / Files"
-							description="Media root and path mapping used by monitoring and browsing. Saving a monitoring machine also starts its collector automatically."
+							description="Enable monitoring and file browsing for this machine."
 						/>
 					</div>
-					<div className="col-span-12 md:col-span-6">
-						<FormField label="Media root">
-							<Input
-								value={draft.media_root}
-								onChange={(e) =>
-									setDraft((current) => ({
-										...current,
-										media_root: e.target.value,
-									}))
-								}
-							/>
-						</FormField>
-					</div>
 					{isLocal && (
 						<div className="col-span-12 md:col-span-6">
 							<FormField label="Local hint">
@@ -1031,12 +1016,10 @@ export function Settings() {
 																username: machine.username,
 																key_directory: "",
 																key_name: "",
-																path_prefix: "",
 																ssh_key_id: machine.ssh_key_id,
 																ssh_private_key: "",
 																ssh_private_key_passphrase: "",
 																password: "",
-																media_root: machine.media_root,
 																notes: machine.notes,
 															},
 															machine,
@@ -1093,11 +1076,8 @@ export function Settings() {
 														</FormField>
 													</>
 												) : (
-													<FormField label="Media root">
-														<Input
-															value={selectedMachine.media_root || "localhost"}
-															disabled
-														/>
+													<FormField label="Local hint">
+														<Input value="Uses the API host directly" disabled />
 													</FormField>
 												)}
 											</div>
@@ -1117,12 +1097,10 @@ export function Settings() {
 																username: selectedMachine.username,
 																key_directory: "",
 																key_name: "",
-																path_prefix: "",
 																ssh_key_id: selectedMachine.ssh_key_id,
 																ssh_private_key: "",
 																ssh_private_key_passphrase: "",
 																password: "",
-																media_root: selectedMachine.media_root,
 																notes: selectedMachine.notes,
 															},
 															selectedMachine,
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/FileBrowser.test.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/FileBrowser.test.tsx
index 98ee6f2..64c66dd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/FileBrowser.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/FileBrowser.test.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ function machineFixture(
 		ssh_private_key_set: false,
 		ssh_private_key_passphrase_set: false,
 		password_set: false,
-		media_root: "",
-		path_prefix: "",
 		notes: "",
 		...overrides,
 	};
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Media.test.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Media.test.tsx
index af0889a..47ff5e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Media.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Media.test.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ function machineFixture(
 		ssh_private_key_set: false,
 		ssh_private_key_passphrase_set: false,
 		password_set: false,
-		media_root: "",
-		path_prefix: "",
 		notes: "",
 		...overrides,
 	};
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Settings.test.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Settings.test.tsx
index 6fb4e23..debb550 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Settings.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/__tests__/Settings.test.tsx
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ function localMachine(
 		ssh_private_key_set: false,
 		ssh_private_key_passphrase_set: false,
 		password_set: false,
-		media_root: "/mnt/media",
-		path_prefix: "",
 		notes: "Primary node",
 		...overrides,
 	} as MonitoringMachine;
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/index.ts b/frontend/src/types/index.ts
index 781f1d6..c8cce83 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/index.ts
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@ export interface MonitoringMachine {
 	ssh_private_key_set: boolean;
 	ssh_private_key_passphrase_set: boolean;
 	password_set: boolean;
-	media_root: string;
-	path_prefix: string;
 	notes: string;
 }
 
@@ -190,8 +188,6 @@ export interface MonitoringMachineInput {
 	ssh_private_key: string;
 	ssh_private_key_passphrase: string;
 	password: string;
-	media_root: string;
-	path_prefix: string;
 	notes: string;
 }