diff --git a/googleapiclient/discovery.py b/googleapiclient/discovery.py
index 849eb28aeb9..8947bf14bda 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/discovery.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/discovery.py
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ def build(
                 requested_url,
                 discovery_http,
                 cache_discovery,
+                serviceName,
+                version,
                 cache,
                 developerKey,
                 num_retries=num_retries,
@@ -338,6 +340,8 @@ def _retrieve_discovery_doc(
     url,
     http,
     cache_discovery,
+    serviceName,
+    version,
     cache=None,
     developerKey=None,
     num_retries=1,
@@ -350,6 +354,8 @@ def _retrieve_discovery_doc(
     http: httplib2.Http, An instance of httplib2.Http or something that acts
       like it through which HTTP requests will be made.
     cache_discovery: Boolean, whether or not to cache the discovery doc.
+    serviceName: string, name of the service.
+    version: string, the version of the service.
     cache: googleapiclient.discovery_cache.base.Cache, an optional cache
       object for the discovery documents.
     developerKey: string, Key for controlling API usage, generated
@@ -378,7 +384,7 @@ def _retrieve_discovery_doc(
     # At this point, the discovery document was not found in the cache so
     # we can attempt to retreive the static discovery document from the library.
     if static_discovery:
-        content = discovery_cache.get_static_doc(url)
+        content = discovery_cache.get_static_doc(serviceName, version)
 
     # If the content is None, retrieve the discovery doc from the internet
     # because it is not in the cache or the static doc directory.
diff --git a/googleapiclient/discovery_cache/__init__.py b/googleapiclient/discovery_cache/__init__.py
index 54227b27938..886bef3e539 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/discovery_cache/__init__.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/discovery_cache/__init__.py
@@ -50,35 +50,28 @@ def autodetect():
             exc_info=False)
         return None
 
-def get_static_doc(uri):
+def get_static_doc(serviceName, version):
     """Retrieves the discovery document from the directory defined in
     DISCOVERY_DOC_STATIC_DIR corresponding to the uri provided.
 
     Args:
-        uri: string, The URI of the discovery document in the format
-        https://{domain}/discovery/{discoveryVer}/apis/{api}/{apiVersion}/rest
+        serviceName: string, name of the service.
+        version: string, the version of the service.
 
     Returns:
         A string containing the contents of the JSON discovery document,
         otherwise None if the JSON discovery document was not found.
     """
 
-    doc_name = None
     content = None
+    doc_name = "{}.{}.json".format(serviceName, version)
 
-    # Extract the {apiVersion} and {api} from the uri which are the 2nd and 3rd
-    # last parts of the uri respectively.
-    # https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/{api}/{apiVersion}/rest
-    uri_parts = uri.split('/')
-    if len(uri_parts) > 3:
-        doc_name = "{}.{}.json".format(uri_parts[-3], uri_parts[-2])
-
-        try:
-            with open(os.path.join(DISCOVERY_DOC_DIR, doc_name), 'r') as f:
-                content = f.read()
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            # File does not exist. Nothing to do here.
-            pass
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.join(DISCOVERY_DOC_DIR, doc_name), 'r') as f:
+            content = f.read()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        # File does not exist. Nothing to do here.
+        pass
 
     return content