diff --git a/lib/pretty_text.rb b/lib/pretty_text.rb
index 5a109024085..81a9e768df8 100644
--- a/lib/pretty_text.rb
+++ b/lib/pretty_text.rb
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ module PrettyText
     # extract quotes
     doc.css("aside.quote[data-topic]").each do |aside|
       if aside["data-topic"].present?
-        url = +"/t/topic/#{aside["data-topic"]}"
+        url = +"/t/#{aside["data-topic"]}"
         url << "/#{aside["data-post"]}" if aside["data-post"].present?
         links << DetectedLink.new(url, true)
       end
diff --git a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
index 2cf7d81fb36..67722c127dd 100644
--- a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
     end
 
     it "should extract links to topics" do
-      expect(extract_urls("<aside class=\"quote\" data-topic=\"321\">aside</aside>")).to eq(["/t/topic/321"])
+      expect(extract_urls("<aside class=\"quote\" data-topic=\"321\">aside</aside>")).to eq(["/t/321"])
     end
 
     it "should lazyYT videos" do
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
     end
 
     it "should extract links to posts" do
-      expect(extract_urls("<aside class=\"quote\" data-topic=\"1234\" data-post=\"4567\">aside</aside>")).to eq(["/t/topic/1234/4567"])
+      expect(extract_urls("<aside class=\"quote\" data-topic=\"1234\" data-post=\"4567\">aside</aside>")).to eq(["/t/1234/4567"])
     end
 
     it "should not extract links to anchors" do
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
       expect(links.map { |l| [l.url, l.is_quote] }.sort).to eq([
         ["http://body_only.com", false],
         ["http://body_and_quote.com", false],
-        ["/t/topic/1234", true],
+        ["/t/1234", true],
       ].sort)
     end