diff --git a/pagure/ui/filters.py b/pagure/ui/filters.py
index 2e9d9f6..0bc7d5d 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/filters.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/filters.py
@@ -228,21 +228,7 @@ def markdown_filter(text):
         # Hack to allow blockquotes to be marked by ~~~
         ntext = []
         indent = False
-        regexes = [
-            re.compile('.*\s(http(s)?:\/\/\S+).*'),
-            re.compile('^(http(s)?:\/\/\S+).*'),
-            re.compile('.*\s(ftp(s)?:\/\/\S+).*'),
-            re.compile('^(ftp(s)?:\/\/\S+).*'),
-        ]
         for line in text.split('\n'):
-            # Automatically link URLs
-            for regex in regexes:
-                if regex.match(line):
-                    line = line.replace(
-                        regex.match(line).group(1),
-                        regex.sub(r'<\1>', line)
-                    )
-
             if line.startswith('~~~'):
                 indent = not indent
                 continue