diff --git a/assets/chat/js/chat.js b/assets/chat/js/chat.js
index 2411c67c..2e6740b0 100644
--- a/assets/chat/js/chat.js
+++ b/assets/chat/js/chat.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import makeSafeForRegex, {
   nickregex,
   nsfwregex,
   nsflregex,
+  linkregex,
 } from './regex';
 
 import { HashLinkConverter, MISSING_ARG_ERROR } from './hashlinkconverter';
@@ -2345,7 +2346,7 @@ class Chat {
       // Check current user nick against msg.message (if highlight setting is on)
       ((this.regexhighlightself &&
         this.settings.get('highlight') &&
-        this.regexhighlightself.test(message.message)) ||
+        this.regexhighlightself.test(message.message.replace(linkregex, ''))) ||
         // Check /highlight nicks against msg.nick
         (this.regexhighlightnicks &&
           this.regexhighlightnicks.test(message.user.username)) ||
@@ -2374,7 +2375,9 @@ class Chat {
   }
 
   extractNicks(text) {
-    const uniqueNicks = new Set(text.match(nickmessageregex));
+    const uniqueNicks = new Set(
+      text.replace(linkregex, '').match(nickmessageregex),
+    );
     return [...uniqueNicks];
   }
 
diff --git a/assets/chat/js/regex.js b/assets/chat/js/regex.js
index cea543ff..2783ecab 100644
--- a/assets/chat/js/regex.js
+++ b/assets/chat/js/regex.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { UrlFormatter } from './formatters';
+
 const regexslashcmd = /^\/([a-z0-9]+)[\s]?/i;
 const regextime =
   /(?<number>\d+)(?<unit>s(econds?)?$|m(inutes?)?$|h(ours?)?$|d(ays?)?$)?/i;
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@ const nickmessageregex = /(?=@?)(\w{3,20})/g;
 const nickregex = /^\w{3,20}$/;
 const nsfwregex = /\bNSFW\b/i;
 const nsflregex = /\bNSFL\b/i;
+const { linkregex } = new UrlFormatter();
 
 export {
   regexslashcmd,
@@ -13,6 +16,7 @@ export {
   nickregex,
   nsfwregex,
   nsflregex,
+  linkregex,
 };
 
 export default function makeSafeForRegex(str) {