diff --git a/lua/neorg/modules/core/export/markdown/module.lua b/lua/neorg/modules/core/export/markdown/module.lua
index b4c127538..2d60c1f49 100644
--- a/lua/neorg/modules/core/export/markdown/module.lua
+++ b/lua/neorg/modules/core/export/markdown/module.lua
@@ -565,7 +565,6 @@ module.public = {
 
                 if state.is_url then
                     state.is_url = false
-                    output[#output - 1] = vim.uri_from_fname(output[#output - 1]):sub(string.len("file://") + 1)
                     return output
                 end