diff --git a/Classes/Controller/AbstractController.php b/Classes/Controller/AbstractController.php
index e7ea92004..a5f7ba25c 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/AbstractController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/AbstractController.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ protected function configureProxyUrl(string &$url): void
             ->setCreateAbsoluteUri(!empty($this->settings['forceAbsoluteUrl']))
             ->setArguments(
                 [
-                    'middleware' => 'dlf/page-view-proxy',
+                    'middleware' => 'page-view-proxy',
                     'url' => $url,
                     'uHash' => GeneralUtility::hmac($url, 'PageViewProxy')
                 ]
diff --git a/Classes/Middleware/PageViewProxy.php b/Classes/Middleware/PageViewProxy.php
index 20223dc90..8e2441937 100644
--- a/Classes/Middleware/PageViewProxy.php
+++ b/Classes/Middleware/PageViewProxy.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface
         $response = $handler->handle($request);
         // Get input parameters and decrypt core name.
         $parameters = $request->getQueryParams();
-        if (!isset($parameters['middleware']) || ($parameters['middleware'] != 'dlf/page-view-proxy')) {
+        if (!isset($parameters['middleware']) || ($parameters['middleware'] != 'page-view-proxy')) {
             return $response;
         }
 
diff --git a/Configuration/RequestMiddlewares.php b/Configuration/RequestMiddlewares.php
index f7ddb659e..42dcebd0e 100644
--- a/Configuration/RequestMiddlewares.php
+++ b/Configuration/RequestMiddlewares.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 return [
     'backend' => [
-        'dlf/page-view-proxy' => [
+        'page-view-proxy' => [
             'target' => \Kitodo\Dlf\Middleware\PageViewProxy::class,
         ],
     ],
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyDisabledTest.php b/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyDisabledTest.php
index 00632e9bb..6c4c302b3 100644
--- a/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyDisabledTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyDisabledTest.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class PageViewProxyDisabledTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 
     protected function queryProxy(array $query, string $method = 'GET')
     {
-        $query['middleware'] = 'dlf/page-view-proxy';
+        $query['middleware'] = 'page-view-proxy';
 
         return $this->httpClient->request($method, '', [
             'query' => $query,
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyTest.php b/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyTest.php
index 32b9de848..557f36783 100644
--- a/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Functional/Api/PageViewProxyTest.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ protected function getDlfConfiguration()
 
     protected function queryProxy(array $query, string $method = 'GET')
     {
-        $query['middleware'] = 'dlf/page-view-proxy';
+        $query['middleware'] = 'page-view-proxy';
 
         return $this->httpClient->request($method, '', [
             'query' => $query,