diff --git a/rhodecode/model/settings.py b/rhodecode/model/settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/settings.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class SettingsModel(BaseModel):
             RepoRhodeCodeSetting if repo else RhodeCodeSetting)
         super().__init__(sa)
 
+    def get_keyname(self, key_name, prefix='rhodecode_'):
+        return f'{prefix}{key_name}'
+
     def get_ui_by_key(self, key):
         q = self.UiDbModel.query()
         q = q.filter(self.UiDbModel.ui_key == key)
@@ -169,9 +172,9 @@ class SettingsModel(BaseModel):
         return q.scalar()
 
     def create_or_update_setting(
-            self, name, val=Optional(''), type_=Optional('unicode')):
+            self, name, val: Optional | str = Optional(''), type_: Optional | str = Optional('unicode')):
         """
-        Creates or updates RhodeCode setting. If updates is triggered it will
+        Creates or updates RhodeCode setting. If updates are triggered, it will
         only update parameters that are explicitly set Optional instance will
         be skipped
 
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ class SettingsModel(BaseModel):
                 raise Exception('Could not get application settings !')
 
             settings = {
-                f'rhodecode_{res.app_settings_name}': res.app_settings_value
+                self.get_keyname(res.app_settings_name): res.app_settings_value
                 for res in q
             }
             return settings
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ class SettingsModel(BaseModel):
         # defines if we use GLOBAL, or PER_REPO
         repo = self._get_repo(self.repo) if self.repo else None
 
-        # initially try the requests context, this is the fastest
+        # initially try the request context; this is the fastest
         # we only fetch global config, NOT for repo-specific
         if from_request and not repo:
             request = get_current_request()
@@ -302,8 +305,7 @@ class SettingsModel(BaseModel):
         repo = self._get_repo(self.repo)
         if not repo:
             raise Exception(
-                'Repository `{}` cannot be found inside the database'.format(
-                    self.repo))
+                f'Repository `{self.repo}` cannot be found inside the database')
         return repo
 
     def _filter_by_repo(self, model, query):
@@ -360,12 +362,11 @@ class IssueTrackerSettingsModel(object):
                 self.INHERIT_SETTINGS, value, type_='bool')
             Session().add(settings)
 
-    def _get_keyname(self, key, uid, prefix=''):
-        return '{}{}{}_{}'.format(
-            prefix, self.SETTINGS_PREFIX, key, uid)
+    def _get_keyname(self, key, uid, prefix='rhodecode_'):
+        return f'{prefix}{self.SETTINGS_PREFIX}{key}_{uid}'
 
     def _make_dict_for_settings(self, qs):
-        prefix_match = self._get_keyname('pat', '', 'rhodecode_')
+        prefix_match = self._get_keyname('pat', '',)
 
         issuetracker_entries = {}
         # create keys
@@ -381,9 +382,9 @@ class IssueTrackerSettingsModel(object):
 
         # populate
         for uid in issuetracker_entries:
-            url_data = qs.get(self._get_keyname('url', uid, 'rhodecode_'))
+            url_data = qs.get(self._get_keyname('url', uid))
 
-            pat = qs.get(self._get_keyname('pat', uid, 'rhodecode_'))
+            pat = qs.get(self._get_keyname('pat', uid))
             try:
                 pat_compiled = re.compile(r'%s' % pat)
             except re.error:
@@ -393,11 +394,11 @@ class IssueTrackerSettingsModel(object):
                 'pat': pat,
                 'pat_compiled': pat_compiled,
                 'url': url_cleaner(
-                    qs.get(self._get_keyname('url', uid, 'rhodecode_')) or ''),
+                    qs.get(self._get_keyname('url', uid)) or ''),
                 'pref': sanitize_html(
-                    qs.get(self._get_keyname('pref', uid, 'rhodecode_')) or ''),
+                    qs.get(self._get_keyname('pref', uid)) or ''),
                 'desc': qs.get(
-                    self._get_keyname('desc', uid, 'rhodecode_')),
+                    self._get_keyname('desc', uid)),
             })
 
         return issuetracker_entries
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ class IssueTrackerSettingsModel(object):
         entries = all_patterns.get(uid, [])
 
         for del_key in entries:
-            setting_name = self._get_keyname(del_key, uid)
+            setting_name = self._get_keyname(del_key, uid, prefix='')
             entry = settings_model.get_setting_by_name(setting_name)
             if entry:
                 Session().delete(entry)
@@ -528,6 +529,9 @@ class VcsSettingsModel(object):
         self.repo_settings.create_or_update_setting(
             self.INHERIT_SETTINGS, value, type_='bool')
 
+    def get_keyname(self, key_name, prefix='rhodecode_'):
+        return f'{prefix}{key_name}'
+
     def get_global_svn_branch_patterns(self):
         return self.global_settings.get_ui_by_section(self.SVN_BRANCH_SECTION)
 
@@ -824,7 +828,7 @@ class VcsSettingsModel(object):
         return keep
 
     def _filter_general_settings(self, settings):
-        keys = [f'rhodecode_{key}' for key in self.GENERAL_SETTINGS]
+        keys = [self.get_keyname(key) for key in self.GENERAL_SETTINGS]
         return {
             k: settings[k]
             for k in settings if k in keys}
@@ -848,7 +852,7 @@ class VcsSettingsModel(object):
         for name in self.GENERAL_SETTINGS:
             setting = settings.get_setting_by_name(name)
             if setting:
-                result_key = f'rhodecode_{name}'
+                result_key = self.get_keyname(name)
                 result[result_key] = setting.app_settings_value
 
         return result
@@ -882,7 +886,7 @@ class VcsSettingsModel(object):
 
     def _create_or_update_general_settings(self, settings, data):
         for name in self.GENERAL_SETTINGS:
-            data_key = f'rhodecode_{name}'
+            data_key = self.get_keyname(name)
             if data_key not in data:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f'The given data does not contain {data_key} key')