diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 5452362c8349..64e812ec75e6 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -7,19 +7,17 @@ tasks:
     openMode: split-left
     before: |
       export RWFW_PATH="/workspace/redwood"
-      export RWJS_DEV_API_URL="http://localhost"
     init: |
       mkdir /workspace/rw-test-app
     command: |
       cd /workspace/rw-test-app
-      echo -e "\n\n\033[94m ======================================================" && echo -e "\n\033[33m ⌛ Please wait until the dev server is running on the right-side terminal. \n "rw-test-app" is being generated & linked with latest framework code. \n\nIf you make further changes to the framework..." &&  echo -e "1. \033[33mEnsure env vars are set \033[92m'export RWFW_PATH="/workspace/redwood" RWJS_DEV_API_URL="http://localhost"'\033[33m" && echo -e "2. \033[33mRun \033[92m'yarn rwfw project:sync'\033[33m to watch & sync changes into the test project" &&  echo -e "\n\033[94m ======================================================\n\n"
+      echo -e "\n\n\033[94m ======================================================" && echo -e "\n\033[33m ⌛ Please wait until the dev server is running on the right-side terminal. \n "rw-test-app" is being generated & linked with latest framework code. \n\nIf you make further changes to the framework..." &&  echo -e "1. \033[33mEnsure env vars are set \033[92m'export RWFW_PATH="/workspace/redwood"'\033[33m" && echo -e "2. \033[33mRun \033[92m'yarn rwfw project:sync'\033[33m to watch & sync changes into the test project" &&  echo -e "\n\033[94m ======================================================\n\n"
 
 
   - name: "Dev Servers"
     openMode: split-right
     before: |
       export RWFW_PATH="/workspace/redwood"
-      export RWJS_DEV_API_URL="http://localhost"
       export REDWOOD_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1
     init: |
       cd /workspace/redwood
diff --git a/packages/core/config/webpack.development.js b/packages/core/config/webpack.development.js
index 3cbf8d185efe..3d639e0f4ae5 100644
--- a/packages/core/config/webpack.development.js
+++ b/packages/core/config/webpack.development.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const getProxyConfig = () => {
     // Redwood only proxies absolute paths.
     return {
       [apiUrl]: {
-        target: `${process.env.RWJS_DEV_API_URL ?? 'http://[::1]'}:${port}`,
+        target: `${process.env.RWJS_DEV_API_URL ?? 'http://localhost'}:${port}`,
         pathRewrite: {
           // Eg: Rewrite `/.netlify/functions/graphql` to `/graphql`, which the api-server expects
           [`^${escapeRegExp(apiUrl)}`]: '',