diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index d159c583ec..31a78a876a 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -452,9 +452,9 @@ function common_replace_urls_callback($text, $callback, $notice_id = null) {
         ')'.
         '(?:'.
             '(?:\:\d+)?'. //:port
-            '(?:/[\pN\pL$\[\]\,\!\(\)\.\:\-\_\+\/\=\&\;\%\~\*\$\+\'\"@]*)?'. // /path
-            '(?:\?[\pN\pL\$\[\]\,\!\(\)\.\:\-\_\+\/\=\&\;\%\~\*\$\+\'\"@\/]*)?'. // ?query string
-            '(?:\#[\pN\pL$\[\]\,\!\(\)\.\:\-\_\+\/\=\&\;\%\~\*\$\+\'\"\@/\?\#]*)?'. // #fragment
+            '(?:/[\pN\pL$\,\!\(\)\.\:\-\_\+\/\=\&\;\%\~\*\$\+\'@]*)?'. // /path
+            '(?:\?[\pN\pL\$\,\!\(\)\.\:\-\_\+\/\=\&\;\%\~\*\$\+\'@\/]*)?'. // ?query string
+            '(?:\#[\pN\pL$\,\!\(\)\.\:\-\_\+\/\=\&\;\%\~\*\$\+\'\@/\?\#]*)?'. // #fragment
         ')(?<![\?\.\,\#\,])'.
     ')'.
     '#ixu';
diff --git a/tests/URLDetectionTest.php b/tests/URLDetectionTest.php
index 0cc03ccce7..d83f9faf58 100644
--- a/tests/URLDetectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/URLDetectionTest.php
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ class URLDetectionTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                      array('http://example.com/path/(foo)/bar',
                            '<a href="http://example.com/path/(foo)/bar" title="http://example.com/path/(foo)/bar" rel="external">http://example.com/path/(foo)/bar</a>'),
                      array('http://example.com/path/[foo]/bar',
-                           '<a href="http://example.com/path/[foo]/bar" title="http://example.com/path/[foo]/bar" rel="external">http://example.com/path/[foo]/bar</a>'),
+                           '<a href="http://example.com/path/" title="http://example.com/path/" rel="external">http://example.com/path/</a>[foo]/bar'),
                      array('http://example.com/path/foo/(bar)',
                            '<a href="http://example.com/path/foo/(bar)" title="http://example.com/path/foo/(bar)" rel="external">http://example.com/path/foo/(bar)</a>'),
                      //Not a valid url - urls cannot contain unencoded square brackets
                      array('http://example.com/path/foo/[bar]',
-                           '<a href="http://example.com/path/foo/[bar]" title="http://example.com/path/foo/[bar]" rel="external">http://example.com/path/foo/[bar]</a>'),
+                           '<a href="http://example.com/path/foo/" title="http://example.com/path/foo/" rel="external">http://example.com/path/foo/</a>[bar]'),
                      array('Hey, check out my cool site http://example.com okay?',
                            'Hey, check out my cool site <a href="http://example.com/" title="http://example.com/" rel="external">http://example.com</a> okay?'),
                      array('What about parens (e.g. http://example.com/path/foo/(bar))?',