diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 555f8dbb..c8330a7e 100755
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ function statusnet_shortenmsg($b, $max_char) {
 	while (strpos($msg, "  ") !== false)
 		$msg = str_replace("  ", " ", $msg);
 
+	// Removing URLs
+	$msg = preg_replace('/(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/i', "", $msg);
+
 	$msg = trim($msg);
 
 	$link = '';
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 82d059ee..3fcaa1de 100755
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ function twitter_shortenmsg($b) {
 	while (strpos($msg, "  ") !== false)
 		$msg = str_replace("  ", " ", $msg);
 
+	// Removing URLs
+	$msg = preg_replace('/(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/i', "", $msg);
+
 	$msg = trim($msg);
 
 	$link = '';