diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SecurePathController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SecurePathController.php
index bb994d21d0c..16f8e40785f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SecurePathController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SecurePathController.php
@@ -33,25 +33,19 @@ class SecurePathController extends Controller
 
 	public function __invoke(Request $request, ?string $path)
 	{
-		// In theory we should use the `$request->hasCorrectSignature()` method here.
-		// However, for some stupid unknown reason, the path value is added to the server Query String.
-		// This completely invalidates the signature check.
-		// For example the url http://localhost:8000/image/small2x/c3/3d/c661c594a5a781cd44db06828783.png?expires=1748380289
-		// will be verified as :
-		// http://localhost:8000/image/small2x/c3/3d/c661c594a5a781cd44db06828783.png?/image/small2x/c3/3d/c661c594a5a781cd44db06828783.png&expires=1748380289
-		// which makes the signature check fail as the hmac does not match.
-		if (!self::shouldNotUseSignedUrl() && !$this->hasCorrectSignature($request)) {
+		// First we verify that the request has not expired.
+		if (!self::shouldNotUseSignedUrl() && !$this->signatureHasNotExpired($request)) {
+			throw new SignatureExpiredException();
+		}
+
+		// Then we verify that the request has a valid signature.
+		if (!self::shouldNotUseSignedUrl() && !$request->hasValidSignature()) {
 			Log::error('Invalid signature for secure path request. Verify that the url generated for the image match.', [
 				'candidate url' => $this->getUrl($request),
 			]);
 			throw new InvalidSignatureException();
 		}
 
-		// On the bright side, we can now differentiate between a missing/failed signature and an expired one.
-		if (!self::shouldNotUseSignedUrl() && !$this->signatureHasNotExpired($request)) {
-			throw new SignatureExpiredException();
-		}
-
 		if (is_null($path)) {
 			throw new WrongPathException();
 		}
@@ -72,41 +66,16 @@ public function __invoke(Request $request, ?string $path)
 		return response()->file($file);
 	}
 
-	private function getUrl(Request $request, bool $absolute = true): string
+	private function getUrl(Request $request): string
 	{
 		$ignore_query = ['signature'];
 
-		$url = $absolute ? $request->url() : ('/' . $request->path());
-
 		$query_string = '';
 		$query_string = (new Collection(explode('&', (string) $request->server->get('QUERY_STRING'))))
 			->reject(fn ($parameter) => in_array(\Str::before($parameter, '='), $ignore_query, true))
-			->reject(fn ($parameter) => count(explode('=', $parameter)) === 1) // Ignore parameters without value => avoid problem above mentionned.
 			->join('&');
 
-		return rtrim($url . '?' . $query_string, '?');
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Determine if the signature from the given request matches the URL.
-	 *
-	 * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
-	 * @param bool                     $absolute
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	private function hasCorrectSignature(Request $request, bool $absolute = true): bool
-	{
-		$original = $this->getUrl($request, $absolute);
-		$key = new \SensitiveParameterValue(config('app.key'));
-		if (hash_equals(
-			hash_hmac('sha256', $original, $key->getValue()),
-			$request->query('signature', '')
-		)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		return false;
+		return rtrim($request->url() . '?' . $query_string, '?');
 	}
 
 	/**