diff --git a/modules/ui/note_comments.js b/modules/ui/note_comments.js
index 81bafb6b1..b8ea4ba5c 100644
--- a/modules/ui/note_comments.js
+++ b/modules/ui/note_comments.js
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ export function uiNoteComments() {
             .attr('class', 'comment-text')
             .html(function(d) { return d.html; })
             .selectAll('a')
-                .filter(isExternalLink)
-                .attr('rel', 'noopener')
-                .attr('rel', 'nofollow')
+                .attr('rel', 'noopener nofollow')
                 .attr('target', '_blank');
 
         comments
@@ -115,22 +113,6 @@ export function uiNoteComments() {
     }
 
 
-    // A quick test for external links. 'this' is the node passed in by selection.filter()
-    function isExternalLink() {
-        try {
-            // Possibly more domains to be added
-            const internalDomains = ['.openstreetmap.org', '.osm.org']; 
-            const hostname = new URL(this.href).hostname;
-
-            // If the link's hostname comprises any internalDomains, return false
-            return internalDomains.findIndex((d) => hostname.includes(d)) === -1; 
-        } catch (error) {
-            // If anything goes wrong, bail and assume not external (original behaviour)
-            return false;
-        }   
-    }
-
-
     noteComments.note = function(val) {
         if (!arguments.length) return _note;
         _note = val;