diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 37f96efc0..685bf90a7 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ def remove_drf_starter_files():
     os.remove(os.path.join("{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}", "users", "tests", "test_swagger.py"))
 
 
-def remove_storages_module():
-    os.remove(os.path.join("{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}", "utils", "storages.py"))
-
-
 def main():
     debug = "{{ cookiecutter.debug }}".lower() == "y"
 
@@ -499,7 +495,6 @@ def main():
             WARNING + "You chose to not use any cloud providers nor Docker, "
             "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 70dc6d7dd..7f6293571 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -115,24 +115,47 @@ STORAGES = {
     },
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' %}
     "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.MediaS3Storage",
+        "BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3.S3Storage",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "location": "media",
+            "file_overwrite": False,
+        },
     },
     "staticfiles": {
-        "BACKEND": "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.StaticS3Storage",
+        "BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3.S3Storage",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "location": "static",
+            "default_acl": "public-read",
+        },
     },
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' %}
     "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.MediaGoogleCloudStorage",
+        "BACKEND": "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "location": "media",
+            "file_overwrite": False,
+        },
     },
     "staticfiles": {
-        "BACKEND": "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.StaticGoogleCloudStorage",
+        "BACKEND": "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "location": "static",
+            "default_acl": "publicRead",
+        },
     },
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'Azure' %}
     "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.MediaAzureStorage",
+        "BACKEND": "storages.backends.azure_storage.AzureStorage",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "location": "media",
+            "file_overwrite": False,
+        },
     },
     "staticfiles": {
-        "BACKEND": "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.utils.storages.StaticAzureStorage",
+        "BACKEND": "storages.backends.azure_storage.AzureStorage",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "location": "static",
+        },
     },
 {%- endif %}
 }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/__init__.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/storages.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/storages.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cc055378a..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/storages.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{% if cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' -%}
-from storages.backends.s3 import S3Storage
-
-
-class StaticS3Storage(S3Storage):
-    location = "static"
-    default_acl = "public-read"
-
-
-class MediaS3Storage(S3Storage):
-    location = "media"
-    file_overwrite = False
-{%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' -%}
-from storages.backends.gcloud import GoogleCloudStorage
-
-
-class StaticGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
-    location = "static"
-    default_acl = "publicRead"
-
-
-class MediaGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
-    location = "media"
-    file_overwrite = False
-{%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'Azure' -%}
-from storages.backends.azure_storage import AzureStorage
-
-
-class StaticAzureStorage(AzureStorage):
-    location = "static"
-
-
-class MediaAzureStorage(AzureStorage):
-    location = "media"
-    file_overwrite = False
-{%- endif %}