diff --git a/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php b/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php
index f5ad85e805..71437fb350 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ class Markdown
 		// protect the recycle symbol from turning into a tag, but without unescaping angles and naked ampersands
 		$s = str_replace('♲', html_entity_decode('♲', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'), $s);
 
-		// Convert everything that looks like a link to a link
-		$s = preg_replace('/([^\]=]|^)(https?\:\/\/)([a-zA-Z0-9:\/\-?&;.=_~#%$!+,@]+(?<!,))/ism', '$1[url=$2$3]$2$3[/url]', $s);
-
 		//$s = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/)(vimeo|youtu|www\.youtube|soundcloud)([a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/ism", '$1[url=$2$3$4]$2$3$4[/url]',$s);
 		$s = BBCode::pregReplaceInTag('/\[url\=?(.*?)\]https?:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v\=(.*?)\[\/url\]/ism', '[youtube]$2[/youtube]', 'url', $s);
 		$s = BBCode::pregReplaceInTag('/\[url\=https?:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v\=(.*?)\].*?\[\/url\]/ism'   , '[youtube]$1[/youtube]', 'url', $s);