diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs
index de44213480..968ab590f7 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs
@@ -532,16 +532,12 @@
                                                    :hide? false
                                                    :public? true}
                                           :queryable? true}
+     ;; need to rename for better alignment with practical purposes
      :logseq.property.asset/external-file-name {:title "External file name"
                                                 :schema {:type :string
                                                          :hide? true
                                                          :public? false}
                                                 :queryable? false}
-     :logseq.property.asset/external-props {:title "External properties"
-                                            :schema {:type :map
-                                                     :hide? true
-                                                     :public? false}
-                                            :queryable? false}
      :logseq.property.asset/size {:title "File Size"
                                   :schema {:type :raw-number
                                            :hide? true
diff --git a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/exporter.cljs b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/exporter.cljs
index 2b0f484f50..3e24e3ccbc 100644
--- a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/exporter.cljs
+++ b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/exporter.cljs
@@ -1288,18 +1288,18 @@
                (and zotero-asset? asset-name) (string/replace path #"[^/]+$" asset-name)
                :else path)
         asset-link-or-name (or link asset-name)
-        external-props (when zotero-asset?
-                         (if linked-path
-                           {:zotero-linked-file linked-relative}
-                           {:zotero-imported-file (string/join ns-util/namespace-char [(last (string/split link #"/")) asset-name])}))]
+        asset-path (when zotero-asset?
+                     (if linked-path
+                       (str "zotero-link://" linked-relative)
+                       (str "zotero-path://" (string/join ns-util/namespace-char [(last (string/split link #"/")) asset-name]))))]
     {:asset-link-or-name asset-link-or-name
      :asset-name asset-name
-     :external-props external-props
+     :asset-path asset-path
      :path path
      :zotero-asset? zotero-asset?}))
 
 (defn- ensure-asset-data!
-  [assets asset-link-or-name path asset-name external-props <get-file-stat]
+  [assets asset-link-or-name path asset-path <get-file-stat]
   (when (and asset-link-or-name
              (not (get @assets asset-link-or-name))
              (string/ends-with? path ".pdf")
@@ -1312,8 +1312,7 @@
                   :checksum "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
                   :size (.-size stat)
                   :external-url (or asset-link-or-name path)
-                  :external-file-name asset-name
-                  :external-props external-props}))
+                  :external-file-name asset-path}))
         (p/catch (fn [error]
                    (js/console.error error))))))
 
@@ -1346,9 +1345,9 @@
     (if (seq asset-links)
       (p/let [asset-maps* (p/all (map
                                   (fn [asset-link]
-                                    (p/let [{:keys [asset-link-or-name asset-name external-props path zotero-asset?]}
+                                    (p/let [{:keys [asset-link-or-name asset-name asset-path path zotero-asset?]}
                                             (resolve-asset-data asset-link user-config linked-files linked-base-dir zotero-imported-files)
-                                            _ (ensure-asset-data! assets asset-link-or-name path asset-name external-props <get-file-stat)
+                                            _ (ensure-asset-data! assets asset-link-or-name path asset-path <get-file-stat)
                                             asset-data (when asset-link-or-name (get @assets asset-link-or-name))]
                                       (if asset-data
                                         (cond
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs b/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs
index 694373f2c5..07f3b958fc 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs
@@ -199,13 +199,14 @@
        :owner-window (pdf-windows/resolve-own-window viewer)))))
 
 (defn- get-zotero-local-pdf-path
-  [{:keys [zotero-linked-file zotero-imported-file]}]
+  [path]
   (let [zotero-config (get-in (state/sub-config) [:zotero/settings-v2 "default"])
         zotero-data-directory (:zotero-data-directory zotero-config)
-        zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory (:zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory zotero-config)]
-    (if zotero-linked-file
-      (str zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory "/" zotero-linked-file)
-      (str zotero-data-directory "/storage/" zotero-imported-file))))
+        zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory (:zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory zotero-config)
+        relative-path (subs path 14)]
+    (if (string/starts-with? path "zotero-link://")
+      (str zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory "/" relative-path)
+      (str zotero-data-directory "/storage/" relative-path))))
 
 (defn db-based-open-block-ref!
   [block]
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@
         external-url (:logseq.property.asset/external-url asset)
         file-path (or external-url (str "../assets/" (:block/uuid asset) ".pdf"))
         file-path (if (string/starts-with? file-path "zotero://")
-                    (get-zotero-local-pdf-path (:logseq.property.asset/external-props asset))
+                    (get-zotero-local-pdf-path (:logseq.property.asset/external-file-name asset))
                     file-path)]
     (if asset
       (->
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/db/migrate.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/db/migrate.cljs
index 6b82455dc3..c507bedd6f 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/db/migrate.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/db/migrate.cljs
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@
    ["65.17" {:properties [:logseq.property.publish/published-url]}]
    ["65.18" {:fix deprecated-ensure-graph-uuid}]
    ["65.19" {:properties [:logseq.property/choice-classes :logseq.property/choice-exclusions]}]
-   ["65.20" {:properties [:logseq.property.class/bidirectional-property-title :logseq.property.class/enable-bidirectional?]}]
-   ["65.21" {:properties [:logseq.property.asset/external-props]}]])
+   ["65.20" {:properties [:logseq.property.class/bidirectional-property-title :logseq.property.class/enable-bidirectional?]}]])
 
 (let [[major minor] (last (sort (map (comp (juxt :major :minor) db-schema/parse-schema-version first)
                                      schema-version->updates)))]