diff --git a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java
index 1efb805..ca45711 100644
--- a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java
+++ b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeploy.java
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@
             URI bundleJar = ObrUtils.findBundleJar( localRepository, project.getArtifact() );
 
             Config userConfig = new Config();
-            userConfig.setPathRelative( true );
             userConfig.setRemoteFile( true );
 
             update = new ObrUpdate( repositoryXml, obrXmlFile, project, bundleJar, mavenRepository, userConfig, log );
diff --git a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeployFile.java b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeployFile.java
index de81e34..eaf2375 100644
--- a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeployFile.java
+++ b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/obrplugin/ObrDeployFile.java
@@ -164,21 +164,20 @@
                 bundleJar = file.toURI();
             }
 
-            URI remoteBundleURI = null;
+            Config userConfig = new Config();
+            userConfig.setRemoteFile( true );
+
             if ( null != bundleUrl )
             {
-                remoteBundleURI = URI.create( bundleUrl );
+                // public URL differs from the bundle file location
+                userConfig.setRemoteBundle( URI.create( bundleUrl ) );
             }
             else if ( null != file )
             {
-                remoteBundleURI = URI.create( localRepository.pathOf( project.getArtifact() ) );
+                // assume file will be deployed in remote repository, so find the remote relative location
+                userConfig.setRemoteBundle( URI.create( localRepository.pathOf( project.getArtifact() ) ) );
             }
 
-            Config userConfig = new Config();
-            userConfig.setRemoteBundle( remoteBundleURI );
-            userConfig.setPathRelative( true );
-            userConfig.setRemoteFile( true );
-
             update = new ObrUpdate( repositoryXml, obrXmlFile, project, bundleJar, mavenRepository, userConfig, log );
 
             update.updateRepository();