diff --git a/explorer/Explorer.tsx b/explorer/Explorer.tsx
index e3bdeda19f..427aa5d3ed 100644
--- a/explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ export class Explorer
             ...this.explorerProgram.grapherConfigOnlyGrapherProps,
             bakedGrapherURL: BAKED_GRAPHER_URL,
             dataApiUrl: DATA_API_URL,
+            adminBaseUrl: ADMIN_BASE_URL,
             hideEntityControls: this.showExplorerControls,
             manuallyProvideData: false,
         }
@@ -606,6 +607,7 @@ export class Explorer
             ...this.explorerProgram.grapherConfigOnlyGrapherProps,
             bakedGrapherURL: BAKED_GRAPHER_URL,
             dataApiUrl: DATA_API_URL,
+            adminBaseUrl: ADMIN_BASE_URL,
             hideEntityControls: this.showExplorerControls,
             manuallyProvideData: false,
         }
@@ -757,6 +759,7 @@ export class Explorer
             ...this.explorerProgram.grapherConfigOnlyGrapherProps,
             bakedGrapherURL: BAKED_GRAPHER_URL,
             dataApiUrl: DATA_API_URL,
+            adminBaseUrl: ADMIN_BASE_URL,
             hideEntityControls: this.showExplorerControls,
             manuallyProvideData: true,
         }
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
index f285401a03..3d0564fa28 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
@@ -882,18 +882,10 @@ export class Grapher
     }
 
     @computed get editUrl(): string | undefined {
-        const yColumnSlugs = this.yColumnSlugs
         if (this.showAdminControls) {
-            // This is a workaround to make the edit button work for MDims. We
-            // probably want to do this in a more general way.
-            if (window._OWID_MULTI_DIM_PROPS) {
-                const varId = yColumnSlugs[0]
-
-                return `${this.adminBaseUrl ?? ""}/admin/variables/${varId}/config`
-            } else
-                return `${this.adminBaseUrl}/admin/${
-                    this.manager?.editUrl ?? `charts/${this.id}/edit`
-                }`
+            return `${this.adminBaseUrl}/admin/${
+                this.manager?.editUrl ?? `charts/${this.id}/edit`
+            }`
         }
         return undefined
     }