diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionShare.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionShare.tsx
index 8e7b3e359e..e8f3ef2e7f 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionShare.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/CollectionShare.tsx
@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ import { type CollectionUser } from "ente-media/collection";
 import { PublicLinkCreated } from "ente-new/photos/components/share/PublicLinkCreated";
 import { avatarTextColor } from "ente-new/photos/services/avatar";
 import {
+    createPublicURL,
     deleteShareURL,
     shareCollection,
     unshareCollection,
     updatePublicURL,
-    type PublicURLUpdatableAttributes,
+    type CreatePublicURLAttributes,
+    type UpdatePublicURLAttributes,
 } from "ente-new/photos/services/collection";
 import type { CollectionSummary } from "ente-new/photos/services/collection/ui";
 import { usePhotosAppContext } from "ente-new/photos/types/context";
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@ import React, {
     useState,
 } from "react";
 import { Trans } from "react-i18next";
-import { createShareableURL } from "services/collectionService";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
 type CollectionShareProps = ModalVisibilityProps & {
@@ -1045,28 +1046,11 @@ const EnablePublicShareOptions: React.FC<EnablePublicShareOptionsProps> = ({
     const galleryContext = useContext(GalleryContext);
     const [sharableLinkError, setSharableLinkError] = useState(null);
 
-    const createSharableURLHelper = async () => {
+    const handleCreateURL = async (attributes?: CreatePublicURLAttributes) => {
         try {
             setSharableLinkError(null);
             galleryContext.setBlockingLoad(true);
-            setPublicURL(await createShareableURL(collection));
-            onLinkCreated();
-            galleryContext.syncWithRemote(false, true);
-        } catch (e) {
-            const errorMessage = handleSharingErrors(e);
-            setSharableLinkError(errorMessage);
-        } finally {
-            galleryContext.setBlockingLoad(false);
-        }
-    };
-
-    const createCollectPhotoShareableURLHelper = async () => {
-        try {
-            setSharableLinkError(null);
-            galleryContext.setBlockingLoad(true);
-            const publicURL = await createShareableURL(collection);
-            await updatePublicURL(collection.id, { enableCollect: true });
-            setPublicURL(publicURL);
+            setPublicURL(await createPublicURL(collection.id, attributes));
             onLinkCreated();
             galleryContext.syncWithRemote(false, true);
         } catch (e) {
@@ -1086,13 +1070,13 @@ const EnablePublicShareOptions: React.FC<EnablePublicShareOptionsProps> = ({
                 <RowButton
                     label={t("create_public_link")}
                     startIcon={<LinkIcon />}
-                    onClick={createSharableURLHelper}
+                    onClick={handleCreateURL}
                 />
                 <RowButtonDivider />
                 <RowButton
                     label={t("collect_photos")}
                     startIcon={<DownloadSharpIcon />}
-                    onClick={createCollectPhotoShareableURLHelper}
+                    onClick={() => handleCreateURL({ enableCollect: true })}
                 />
             </RowButtonGroup>
             {sharableLinkError && (
@@ -1214,7 +1198,7 @@ const ManagePublicShareOptions: React.FC<ManagePublicShareOptionsProps> = ({
     };
 
     const handlePublicURLUpdate = async (
-        updates: PublicURLUpdatableAttributes,
+        updates: UpdatePublicURLAttributes,
     ) => {
         try {
             galleryContext.setBlockingLoad(true);
@@ -1314,7 +1298,7 @@ const ManagePublicShareOptions: React.FC<ManagePublicShareOptionsProps> = ({
  */
 interface ManagePublicLinkSettingProps {
     publicURL: PublicURL;
-    onUpdate: (req: PublicURLUpdatableAttributes) => Promise<void>;
+    onUpdate: (req: UpdatePublicURLAttributes) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts
index 5bfc935603..9eb28d8b72 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/collectionService.ts
@@ -505,28 +505,6 @@ const renameCollection1 = async (
     );
 };
 
-export const createShareableURL = async (collection: Collection) => {
-    try {
-        const token = getToken();
-        if (!token) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        const createPublicAccessTokenRequest: CreatePublicAccessTokenRequest = {
-            collectionID: collection.id,
-        };
-        const resp = await HTTPService.post(
-            await apiURL("/collections/share-url"),
-            createPublicAccessTokenRequest,
-            null,
-            { "X-Auth-Token": token },
-        );
-        return resp.data.result as PublicURL;
-    } catch (e) {
-        log.error("createShareableURL failed ", e);
-        throw e;
-    }
-};
-
 /**
  * Return the user's own favorites collection, if any.
  */
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/collection.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/collection.ts
index 698cebb7f9..fe5ecb65bc 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/collection.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/collection.ts
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ export const unshareCollection = async (collectionID: number, email: string) =>
  * creating a link.
  */
 
-type CreatePublicLinkOpts = Pick<
+export type CreatePublicURLAttributes = Pick<
     Partial<PublicURL>,
     "enableCollect" | "enableJoin" | "validTill" | "deviceLimit"
 >;
@@ -571,19 +571,19 @@ type CreatePublicLinkOpts = Pick<
  * @param collectionID The ID of the collection for which the public link should
  * be created.
  *
- * @param opts Optional attributes to set when creating the public link.
+ * @param attributes Optional attributes to set when creating the public link.
  *
  * the . If true, then the link is created
  * with the {@link enableCollect} attribute
  */
 export const createPublicURL = async (
     collectionID: number,
-    opts?: CreatePublicLinkOpts,
-) => {
+    attributes?: CreatePublicURLAttributes,
+): Promise<PublicURL> => {
     const res = await fetch(await apiURL("/collections/share-url"), {
         method: "POST",
         headers: await authenticatedRequestHeaders(),
-        body: JSON.stringify({ collectionID, ...opts }),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ collectionID, ...attributes }),
     });
     ensureOk(res);
     return z.object({ result: RemotePublicURL }).parse(await res.json()).result;
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ export const createPublicURL = async (
  * The subset of public URL attributes that can be updated by the user after the
  * link has already been created.
  */
-export type PublicURLUpdatableAttributes = Omit<
+export type UpdatePublicURLAttributes = Omit<
     Partial<PublicURL>,
     "url" | "enablePassword"
 > & { disablePassword?: boolean; passHash?: string };
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ export type PublicURLUpdatableAttributes = Omit<
  */
 export const updatePublicURL = async (
     collectionID: number,
-    updates: PublicURLUpdatableAttributes,
+    updates: UpdatePublicURLAttributes,
 ): Promise<PublicURL> => {
     const res = await fetch(await apiURL("/collections/share-url"), {
         method: "PUT",