diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_tagparsing.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_tagparsing.py
index 933d38d3f2..76cc9dd801 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/tests/test_tagparsing.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests/test_tagparsing.py
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ class TestTextToHTMLparser(TestCase):
     def test_url_scheme_ftp(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.parser.convert_urls("ftp.example.com"),
-            '<a href="//ftp.example.com" target="_blank">ftp.example.com</a>',
+            '<a href="http://ftp.example.com" target="_blank">ftp.example.com</a>',
         )
 
     def test_url_scheme_www(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.parser.convert_urls("www.example.com"),
-            '<a href="//www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a>',
+            '<a href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a>',
         )
 
     def test_url_scheme_ftpproto(self):
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class TestTextToHTMLparser(TestCase):
     def test_url_chars_slash(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.parser.convert_urls("www.example.com/homedir"),
-            '<a href="//www.example.com/homedir" target="_blank">www.example.com/homedir</a>',
+            '<a href="http://www.example.com/homedir" target="_blank">www.example.com/homedir</a>',
         )
 
     def test_url_chars_colon(self):
@@ -316,13 +316,13 @@ class TestTextToHTMLparser(TestCase):
     def test_url_edge_following_period_eol(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.parser.convert_urls("www.example.com."),
-            '<a href="//www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a>.',
+            '<a href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a>.',
         )
 
     def test_url_edge_following_period(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.parser.convert_urls("see www.example.com. "),
-            'see <a href="//www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a>. ',
+            'see <a href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a>. ',
         )
 
     def test_url_edge_brackets(self):
diff --git a/evennia/utils/text2html.py b/evennia/utils/text2html.py
index d10c1c5d39..9ea74bf269 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/text2html.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/text2html.py
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ class TextToHTMLparser(object):
           href = m.group(1)
           label = href
           # if there is no protocol (i.e. starts with www or ftp)
-          # prefix with // so the link isn't treated as relative
+          # prefix with http:// so the link isn't treated as relative
           if not self.re_protocol.match(href):
             if not self.re_valid_no_protocol.match(href):
               return text
-            href = "//" + href
+            href = "http://" + href
           rest = m.group(2)
           # -> added target to output prevent the web browser from attempting to
           # change pages (and losing our webclient session).