diff --git a/core/modules/rest/rest.install b/core/modules/rest/rest.install
deleted file mode 100644
index b82b79e..0000000
--- a/core/modules/rest/rest.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains install and update hooks for the module.
- */
-use Drupal\Core\Url;
-
-/**
- * Implements hook_install().
- */
-function rest_install() {
-  // Set the type and relation link domain.
-  \Drupal::config('rest.settings')
-    ->set('link_domain', Url::fromRoute('<front>', [], ['absolute' => TRUE])->toString())
-    ->save();
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/LinkManagerBase.php b/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/LinkManagerBase.php
index 8f93de2..c40050d 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/LinkManagerBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/LinkManagerBase.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 namespace Drupal\rest\LinkManager;
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
 
 /**
  * Defines an abstract base-class for REST link manager objects.
@@ -26,4 +27,18 @@ public function setLinkDomain($domain) {
     $this->linkDomain = rtrim($domain, '/');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the link domain.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The link domain.
+   */
+  protected function getLinkDomain() {
+    if (empty($this->linkDomain)) {
+      $domain = Url::fromRoute('<front>', [], ['absolute' => TRUE])->toString();
+      $this->linkDomain = rtrim($domain, '/');
+    }
+    return $this->linkDomain;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/RelationLinkManager.php b/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/RelationLinkManager.php
index e44e988..301b459 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/RelationLinkManager.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/RelationLinkManager.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityTypeInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Url;
 
 class RelationLinkManager extends LinkManagerBase implements RelationLinkManagerInterface {
 
@@ -52,9 +51,6 @@ public function __construct(CacheBackendInterface $cache, EntityManagerInterface
     $this->cache = $cache;
     $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
     $domain = $config_factory->get('rest.settings')->get('link_domain');
-    if (empty($domain)) {
-      $domain = Url::fromRoute('<front>', [], ['absolute' => TRUE])->toString();
-    }
     $this->linkDomain = rtrim($domain, '/');
     $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
   }
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ public function __construct(CacheBackendInterface $cache, EntityManagerInterface
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function getRelationUri($entity_type, $bundle, $field_name, $context = array()) {
-    $uri = $this->linkDomain . "/rest/relation/$entity_type/$bundle/$field_name";
+    $uri = $this->getLinkDomain() . "/rest/relation/$entity_type/$bundle/$field_name";
     $this->moduleHandler->alter('rest_relation_uri', $uri, $context);
     return $uri;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/TypeLinkManager.php b/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/TypeLinkManager.php
index 996b4a4..5f919ed 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/TypeLinkManager.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/LinkManager/TypeLinkManager.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Url;
 
 class TypeLinkManager extends LinkManagerBase implements TypeLinkManagerInterface {
 
@@ -42,9 +41,6 @@ class TypeLinkManager extends LinkManagerBase implements TypeLinkManagerInterfac
   public function __construct(CacheBackendInterface $cache, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory) {
     $this->cache = $cache;
     $domain = $config_factory->get('rest.settings')->get('link_domain');
-    if (empty($domain)) {
-      $domain = Url::fromRoute('<front>', [], ['absolute' => TRUE])->toString();
-    }
     $this->linkDomain = rtrim($domain, '/');
     $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
   }
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ public function __construct(CacheBackendInterface $cache, ModuleHandlerInterface
    *   The URI that identifies this bundle.
    */
   public function getTypeUri($entity_type, $bundle, $context = array()) {
-    $uri = $this->linkDomain . "/rest/type/$entity_type/$bundle";
+    $uri = $this->getLinkDomain() . "/rest/type/$entity_type/$bundle";
     $this->moduleHandler->alter('rest_type_uri', $uri, $context);
     return $uri;
   }
@@ -130,4 +126,5 @@ protected function writeCache($context = array()) {
     // and only clear it when entity_info is cleared.
     $this->cache->set('rest:links:types', $data, Cache::PERMANENT, array('entity_types'));
   }
+
 }