diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/services/tenor.js b/ghost/admin/app/services/tenor.js
index c7bb25325f..186d0e7b6b 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/services/tenor.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/services/tenor.js
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ export default class TenorService extends Service {
     _nextPos = null;
 
     get apiKey() {
-        // @TODO confirm this!
-        return this.config.get('tenor.apiKey');
+        return this.config.get('tenor.googleApiKey');
     }
 
     get contentfilter() {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/options/cards.js b/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/options/cards.js
index 63c99a4db1..c42c927ab2 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/options/cards.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/options/cards.js
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const CARD_MENU = [
             payload: {
                 imageSelector: 'tenor'
             },
-            isAvailable: 'config.tenor.publicReadOnlyApiKey'
+            isAvailable: 'config.tenor.googleApiKey'
         },
         {
             label: 'Toggle',
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
index c0ddeedbc1..492fa74618 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
+++ b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         "url": "https://unpkg.com/@tryghost/koenig-react/dist/umd/koenig-react.min.js"
     },
     "tenor": {
-        "publicReadOnlyApiKey": null,
+        "googleApiKey": null,
         "contentFilter": "off"
     },
     "opensea": {
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/config.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/config.test.js
index d0f5ae24c3..4e2ad93bc4 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/config.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/config.test.js
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ describe('Config API', function () {
     });
 
     afterEach(function () {
-        configUtils.set('tenor:publicReadOnlyApiKey', undefined);
+        configUtils.set('tenor:googleApiKey', undefined);
     });
 
     it('can retrieve config and all expected properties', async function () {
         // set any non-default keys so we can be sure they're exposed
-        configUtils.set('tenor:publicReadOnlyApiKey', 'TENOR_KEY');
+        configUtils.set('tenor:googleApiKey', 'TENOR_KEY');
 
         const res = await request
             .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery('config/'))