diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
index 8150ef86e..9c3bef51d 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@
      (let [{:keys [selection-start selection-end format selection value edit-id input]} m
            cur-pos (cursor/pos input)
            empty-selection? (= selection-start selection-end)
-           selection-link? (and selection (or (util/starts-with? selection "http://")
-                                              (util/starts-with? selection "https://")))
+           selection-link? (and selection (gp-util/url? selection))
            [content forward-pos] (cond
                                    empty-selection?
                                    (config/get-empty-link-and-forward-pos format)