diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 3424b2005..8bd10648b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       else
         title = I18n.t 'application.helper.video_title.unknown'
       end
-      ' <a class="video-link" data-host="youtube.com" data-video-id="' + video_id + '" href="http://'+ match_data[0].strip + '" target="_blank">Youtube: ' + title + '</a>'
+      ' <a class="video-link" data-host="youtube.com" data-video-id="' + video_id + '" href="'+ match_data[0].strip + '" target="_blank">Youtube: ' + title + '</a>'
     end
     return processed_message
   end
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       else
         title = I18n.t 'application.helper.video_title.unknown'
       end
-      ' <a class="video-link" data-host="vimeo.com" data-video-id="' + video_id + '" href="http://' + match_data[0] + '" target="_blank">Vimeo: ' + title + '</a>'
+      ' <a class="video-link" data-host="vimeo.com" data-video-id="' + video_id + '" href="' + match_data[0] + '" target="_blank">Vimeo: ' + title + '</a>'
     end
     return processed_message
   end