diff --git a/ocw/lib/db.py b/ocw/lib/db.py
index 823d3a34..c8a94c76 100644
--- a/ocw/lib/db.py
+++ b/ocw/lib/db.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import traceback
 import logging
+from os.path import basename
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 import dateutil.parser as dateparser
 from django.db import transaction
@@ -99,9 +100,9 @@ def gce_extract_data(csp_instance, namespace: str, default_ttl: int) -> dict:
         'id': csp_instance['id'],
         'first_seen': first_seen,
         'namespace': namespace,
-        'region': GCE.url_to_name(csp_instance['zone']),
+        'region': basename(csp_instance['zone']),
         'provider': ProviderChoice.GCE,
-        'type': GCE.url_to_name(csp_instance['machineType']),
+        'type': basename(csp_instance['machineType']),
         'default_ttl': default_ttl
     }
 
diff --git a/ocw/lib/gce.py b/ocw/lib/gce.py
index 79795c9d..4e8d3b6b 100644
--- a/ocw/lib/gce.py
+++ b/ocw/lib/gce.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from os.path import basename
 from datetime import timezone
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 import googleapiclient.discovery
@@ -88,17 +89,13 @@ def list_zones(self, region) -> list:
             .get(project=self.project, region=region)
             .execute()
         )
-        return [GCE.url_to_name(z) for z in region["zones"]]
+        return [basename(z) for z in region["zones"]]
 
     def delete_instance(self, instance_id, zone) -> None:
         self._delete_resource(
             self.compute_client().instances, instance_id, project=self.project, zone=zone, instance=instance_id
         )
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def url_to_name(url) -> str:
-        return url[url.rindex("/")+1:]
-
     @staticmethod
     def get_error_reason(error: "googleapiclient.errors.HttpError") -> str:
         reason = "unknown"
diff --git a/tests/test_db.py b/tests/test_db.py
index 9df4742a..f292f761 100644
--- a/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/tests/test_db.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from os.path import basename
 from ocw.lib.db import update_run, ec2_extract_data, gce_extract_data, azure_extract_data, delete_instance
 from webui.PCWConfig import PCWConfig
 from faker import Faker
@@ -105,9 +106,9 @@ def test_gce_extract_data(extract_data):
     assert rez['id'] == csp_instance['id']
     assert rez['first_seen'] == csp_instance['creationTimestamp']
     assert rez['namespace'] == extract_data['namespace']
-    assert rez['region'] == GCE.url_to_name(csp_instance['zone'])
+    assert rez['region'] == basename(csp_instance['zone'])
     assert rez['provider'] == ProviderChoice.GCE
-    assert rez['type'] == GCE.url_to_name(csp_instance['machineType'])
+    assert rez['type'] == basename(csp_instance['machineType'])
     assert rez['default_ttl'] == extract_data['default_ttl']