diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
index 51a9fec1d..822c68e93 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ var (
 		"proxySetHeader":                     proxySetHeader,
 		"buildInfluxDB":                      buildInfluxDB,
 		"enforceRegexModifier":               enforceRegexModifier,
-		"stripLocationModifer":               stripLocationModifer,
 		"buildCustomErrorDeps":               buildCustomErrorDeps,
 		"buildCustomErrorLocationsPerServer": buildCustomErrorLocationsPerServer,
 		"shouldLoadModSecurityModule":        shouldLoadModSecurityModule,
@@ -373,10 +372,6 @@ func needsRewrite(location *ingress.Location) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func stripLocationModifer(path string) string {
-	return strings.TrimLeft(path, "~* ")
-}
-
 // enforceRegexModifier checks if the "rewrite-target" or "use-regex" annotation
 // is used on any location path within a server
 func enforceRegexModifier(input interface{}) bool {
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go
index 7a8599f67..2f2dd670a 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template_test.go
@@ -1221,15 +1221,6 @@ func TestEnforceRegexModifier(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestStripLocationModifer(t *testing.T) {
-	expected := "ok.com"
-	actual := stripLocationModifer("~*ok.com")
-
-	if expected != actual {
-		t.Errorf("Expected '%v' but returned '%v'", expected, actual)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestShouldLoadModSecurityModule(t *testing.T) {
 	// ### Invalid argument type tests ###
 	// The first tests should return false.
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index e638672a3..cef735766 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -1136,12 +1136,6 @@ stream {
 
             {{ buildInfluxDB $location.InfluxDB }}
 
-            {{ if not (empty $location.Redirect.URL) }}
-            if ($uri ~* {{ stripLocationModifer $path }}) {
-                return {{ $location.Redirect.Code }} {{ $location.Redirect.URL }};
-            }
-            {{ end }}
-
             {{ if isValidByteSize $location.Proxy.BodySize true }}
             client_max_body_size                    {{ $location.Proxy.BodySize }};
             {{ end }}
@@ -1267,6 +1261,10 @@ stream {
             fastcgi_param {{ $k }} {{ $v | quote }};
             {{ end }}
 
+            {{ if not (empty $location.Redirect.URL) }}
+            return {{ $location.Redirect.Code }} {{ $location.Redirect.URL }};
+            {{ end }}
+
             {{ buildProxyPass $server.Hostname $all.Backends $location }}
             {{ if (or (eq $location.Proxy.ProxyRedirectFrom "default") (eq $location.Proxy.ProxyRedirectFrom "off")) }}
             proxy_redirect                          {{ $location.Proxy.ProxyRedirectFrom }};
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go b/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go
index b18b8f276..cb6285562 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeAnnotation("permanen-redirect permanen-redirect-code",
 
 		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
 			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("if ($uri ~* %s) {", redirectPath)) &&
-					strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("return 301 %s;", redirectURL))
+				return strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("return 301 %s;", redirectURL))
 			})
 
 		ginkgo.By("sending request to redirected URL path")
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeAnnotation("permanen-redirect permanen-redirect-code",
 
 		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
 			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("if ($uri ~* %s) {", redirectPath)) &&
-					strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("return %d %s;", redirectCode, redirectURL))
+				return strings.Contains(server, fmt.Sprintf("return %d %s;", redirectCode, redirectURL))
 			})
 
 		ginkgo.By("sending request to redirected URL path")