diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java
index 5aea180c961acf61988df6831552db1656e90509..38a6e6db24c7499d586936a1244943774697316b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java
@@ -185,15 +185,6 @@ public class MyLinkify {
                     );
                 } catch (final IllegalArgumentException | IndexOutOfBoundsException e) { /* bad JID or span gone */ }
             }
-            if ("http".equals(uri.getScheme())) {
-                final var txt = body.subSequence(body.getSpanStart(urlspan), body.getSpanEnd(urlspan)).toString();
-                if (txt.startsWith("http")) continue;
-                body.replace(
-                    body.getSpanStart(urlspan),
-                    body.getSpanEnd(urlspan),
-                    "http://" + txt
-                );
-            }
         }
     }