diff --git a/actions/noticesearch.php b/actions/noticesearch.php
index eb33827799..29527c5672 100644
--- a/actions/noticesearch.php
+++ b/actions/noticesearch.php
@@ -139,8 +139,15 @@ class NoticesearchAction extends SearchAction {
 	}
 
 	function highlight($text, $terms) {
+		/* Highligh serach terms */
 		$pattern = '/('.implode('|',array_map('htmlspecialchars', $terms)).')/i';
 		$result = preg_replace($pattern, '<strong>\\1</strong>', $text);
+
+		/* Remove highlighting from inside links, loop incase multiple highlights in links */
+		$pattern = '/(href="[^"]*)<strong>('.implode('|',array_map('htmlspecialchars', $terms)).')<\/strong>([^"]*")/iU';
+		do {
+			$result = preg_replace($pattern, '\\1\\2\\3', $result, -1, $count);
+		} while ($count);
 		return $result;
 	}
 }