diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 708957cf4a..e9b5f0948c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ _This release is scheduled to be released on 2024-10-01._
 
 ### Added
 
+- [core] removed `config.paths.vendor` (could not work because `vendor` is hardcoded in `index.html`), renamed `config.paths.modules` to `config.foreignModulesDir`
 - [core] add variable `MM_CUSTOMCSS_FILE` which - if set - overrides `config.customCss`
-- [core] add variable `MM_MODULES_DIR` which - if set - overrides `config.paths.modules` for foreign modules (not default modules)
+- [core] add variable `MM_MODULES_DIR` which - if set - overrides `config.foreignModulesDir`
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/js/defaults.js b/js/defaults.js
index c4efa77e95..f3a894d6a9 100644
--- a/js/defaults.js
+++ b/js/defaults.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const defaults = {
 	units: "metric",
 	zoom: 1,
 	customCss: "css/custom.css",
+	foreignModulesDir: "modules",
 	// httpHeaders used by helmet, see https://helmetjs.github.io/. You can add other/more object values by overriding this in config.js,
 	// e.g. you need to add `frameguard: false` for embedding MagicMirror in another website, see https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/issues/2847
 	httpHeaders: { contentSecurityPolicy: false, crossOriginOpenerPolicy: false, crossOriginEmbedderPolicy: false, crossOriginResourcePolicy: false, originAgentCluster: false },
@@ -72,12 +73,7 @@ const defaults = {
 				text: "www.michaelteeuw.nl"
 			}
 		}
-	],
-
-	paths: {
-		modules: "modules",
-		vendor: "vendor"
-	}
+	]
 };
 
 /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
diff --git a/js/loader.js b/js/loader.js
index 362f3690ff..02a18d44de 100644
--- a/js/loader.js
+++ b/js/loader.js
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ const Loader = (function () {
 				// This file is available in the vendor folder.
 				// Load it from this vendor folder.
 				loadedFiles.push(fileName.toLowerCase());
-				return loadFile(`${config.paths.vendor}/${vendor[fileName]}`);
+				return loadFile(`vendor/${vendor[fileName]}`);
 			}
 
 			// File not loaded yet.
diff --git a/js/server_functions.js b/js/server_functions.js
index a470fe0900..d1b039f31e 100644
--- a/js/server_functions.js
+++ b/js/server_functions.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function getVersion (req, res) {
  * @returns {object} environment variables key: values
  */
 function getEnvVarsAsObj () {
-	const obj = { modulesDir: `${config.paths.modules}`, customCss: `${config.customCss}` };
+	const obj = { modulesDir: `${config.foreignModulesDir}`, customCss: `${config.customCss}` };
 	if (process.env.MM_MODULES_DIR) {
 		obj.modulesDir = process.env.MM_MODULES_DIR.replace(`${global.root_path}/`, "");
 	}