diff --git a/taiga/export_import/api.py b/taiga/export_import/api.py
index eaff499d..da2af132 100644
--- a/taiga/export_import/api.py
+++ b/taiga/export_import/api.py
@@ -76,13 +76,11 @@ class ProjectExporterViewSet(mixins.ImportThrottlingPolicyMixin, GenericViewSet)
 
         if dump_format == "gzip":
             path = "exports/{}/{}-{}.json.gz".format(project.pk, project.slug, uuid.uuid4().hex)
-            storage_path = default_storage.path(path)
-            with default_storage.open(storage_path, mode="wb") as outfile:
+            with default_storage.open(path, mode="wb") as outfile:
                 services.render_project(project, gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=outfile))
         else:
             path = "exports/{}/{}-{}.json".format(project.pk, project.slug, uuid.uuid4().hex)
-            storage_path = default_storage.path(path)
-            with default_storage.open(storage_path, mode="wb") as outfile:
+            with default_storage.open(path, mode="wb") as outfile:
                 services.render_project(project, outfile)
 
         response_data = {
diff --git a/taiga/export_import/tasks.py b/taiga/export_import/tasks.py
index aa75c257..5acb08a2 100644
--- a/taiga/export_import/tasks.py
+++ b/taiga/export_import/tasks.py
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ def dump_project(self, user, project, dump_format):
     try:
         if dump_format == "gzip":
             path = "exports/{}/{}-{}.json.gz".format(project.pk, project.slug, self.request.id)
-            storage_path = default_storage.path(path)
-            with default_storage.open(storage_path, mode="wb") as outfile:
+            with default_storage.open(path, mode="wb") as outfile:
                 services.render_project(project, gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=outfile))
         else:
             path = "exports/{}/{}-{}.json".format(project.pk, project.slug, self.request.id)
-            storage_path = default_storage.path(path)
-            with default_storage.open(storage_path, mode="wb") as outfile:
+            with default_storage.open(path, mode="wb") as outfile:
                 services.render_project(project, outfile)
 
         url = default_storage.url(path)