diff --git a/app/components/markdown/markdown_link/markdown_link.js b/app/components/markdown/markdown_link/markdown_link.js
index ad360d49e..8aae75fa1 100644
--- a/app/components/markdown/markdown_link/markdown_link.js
+++ b/app/components/markdown/markdown_link/markdown_link.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default class MarkdownLink extends PureComponent {
             return;
         }
 
-        const match = matchPermalink(url, serverURL) || matchPermalink(url, siteURL);
+        const match = matchPermalink(url, serverURL) || matchPermalink(url, siteURL) || matchPermalink(url, '');
 
         if (match) {
             const teamName = match[1];
diff --git a/app/utils/url.js b/app/utils/url.js
index 84c884edd..4881437db 100644
--- a/app/utils/url.js
+++ b/app/utils/url.js
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ export function getScheme(url) {
 }
 
 export function matchPermalink(link, rootURL) {
-    if (!rootURL) {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     return new RegExp('^' + escapeRegex(rootURL) + '\\/([^\\/]+)\\/pl\\/(\\w+)').exec(link);
 }