diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 5cc8c32f..9bde5377 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ def remove_drf_starter_files():
     shutil.rmtree(os.path.join("{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}", "users", "api"))
 
 
+def remove_storages_module():
+    os.remove(os.path.join("{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}", "utils", "storages.py"))
+
+
 def main():
     debug = "{{ cookiecutter.debug }}".lower() == "y"
 
@@ -352,6 +356,7 @@ def main():
             WARNING + "You chose not to use a cloud provider, "
             "media files won't be served in production." + TERMINATOR
         )
+        remove_storages_module()
 
     if "{{ cookiecutter.use_celery }}".lower() == "n":
         remove_celery_files()
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index 22832d34..2043e89e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ GS_DEFAULT_ACL = "publicRead"
 {% if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' -%}
 STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 {% elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' -%}
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.StaticRootS3Boto3Storage"
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.StaticRootS3Boto3Storage"
 COLLECTFAST_STRATEGY = "collectfast.strategies.boto3.Boto3Strategy"
 STATIC_URL = f"https://{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com/static/"
 {% elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' -%}
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.StaticRootGoogleCloudStorage"
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.StaticRootGoogleCloudStorage"
 COLLECTFAST_STRATEGY = "collectfast.strategies.gcloud.GoogleCloudStrategy"
 STATIC_URL = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{GS_BUCKET_NAME}/static/"
 {% endif -%}
@@ -116,39 +116,10 @@ STATIC_URL = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{GS_BUCKET_NAME}/static/"
 # MEDIA
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {%- if cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' %}
-# region http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10390244/
-# Full-fledge class: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18046120/104731
-from storages.backends.s3boto3 import S3Boto3Storage  # noqa E402
-
-
-class StaticRootS3Boto3Storage(S3Boto3Storage):
-    location = "static"
-    default_acl = "public-read"
-
-
-class MediaRootS3Boto3Storage(S3Boto3Storage):
-    location = "media"
-    file_overwrite = False
-
-
-# endregion
-DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.MediaRootS3Boto3Storage"
+DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.MediaRootS3Boto3Storage"
 MEDIA_URL = f"https://{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com/media/"
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' %}
-from storages.backends.gcloud import GoogleCloudStorage  # noqa E402
-
-
-class StaticRootGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
-    location = "static"
-    default_acl = "publicRead"
-
-
-class MediaRootGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
-    location = "media"
-    file_overwrite = False
-
-
-DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.MediaRootGoogleCloudStorage"
+DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.MediaRootGoogleCloudStorage"
 MEDIA_URL = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{GS_BUCKET_NAME}/media/"
 {%- endif %}
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/storages.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/storages.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72b8ea3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/storages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{% if cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' -%}
+from storages.backends.s3boto3 import S3Boto3Storage  # noqa E402
+
+
+class StaticRootS3Boto3Storage(S3Boto3Storage):
+    location = "static"
+    default_acl = "public-read"
+
+
+class MediaRootS3Boto3Storage(S3Boto3Storage):
+    location = "media"
+    file_overwrite = False
+{%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' -%}
+from storages.backends.gcloud import GoogleCloudStorage  # noqa E402
+
+
+class StaticRootGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
+    location = "static"
+    default_acl = "publicRead"
+
+
+class MediaRootGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
+    location = "media"
+    file_overwrite = False
+{%- endif %}