diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 1da90ee36..522cb04fb 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -3481,9 +3481,9 @@ function cleanup_bbcode($body) {
 	$body = preg_replace_callback('/\[zrl(.*?)\[\/(zrl)\]/ism','\red_escape_codeblock',$body);
 	$body = preg_replace_callback('/\[svg(.*?)\[\/(svg)\]/ism','\red_escape_codeblock',$body);
 
-	$body = preg_replace_callback("/([^\]\='".'"'."\;\/\{]|^|\#\^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\pL\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\@\_\~\#\%\$\!\\+\,\(\)]+)/ismu", '\nakedoembed', $body);
+	$body = preg_replace_callback("/([^\]\='".'"'."\;\/\{\(]|^|\#\^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\pL\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\@\_\~\#\%\$\!\\+\,\(\)]+)/ismu", '\nakedoembed', $body);
 
-	$body = preg_replace_callback("/([^\]\='".'"'."\;\/\{]|^|\#\^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\pL\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\@\_\~\#\%\$\!\\+\,\(\)]+)/ismu", '\red_zrl_callback', $body);
+	$body = preg_replace_callback("/([^\]\='".'"'."\;\/\{\(]|^|\#\^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\pL\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\@\_\~\#\%\$\!\\+\,\(\)]+)/ismu", '\red_zrl_callback', $body);
 
 
 	$body = preg_replace_callback('/\[\$b64code(.*?)\[\/(code)\]/ism','\red_unescape_codeblock',$body);
diff --git a/include/zid.php b/include/zid.php
index 9c0148949..4b8537867 100644
--- a/include/zid.php
+++ b/include/zid.php
@@ -214,12 +214,6 @@ function red_zrl_callback($matches) {
 		$matches[2] = $t;
 	}
 
-	// this is a markdown link - ignore; as it will be handled by the bbcode parser.
-	
-	if ($matches[1] === "(" ) {
-		return $matches[0];
-	}
-
 	if($matches[1] === '#^')
 		$matches[1] = '';
 	if($zrl)