diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/adapter/MessageAdapter.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/adapter/MessageAdapter.java
index a838a75d5..e8fc39cdc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/adapter/MessageAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/adapter/MessageAdapter.java
@@ -104,7 +104,42 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> implements CopyTextVie
 			return "http://" + removeTrailingBracket(url);
 		}
 	};
-	private static final Linkify.MatchFilter WEBURL_MATCH_FILTER = (cs, start, end) -> start < 1 || (cs.charAt(start - 1) != '@' && cs.charAt(start - 1) != '.' && !cs.subSequence(Math.max(0, start - 3), start).equals("://"));
+
+	private static String removeTrailingBracket(final String url) {
+		int numOpenBrackets = 0;
+		for (char c : url.toCharArray()) {
+			if (c == '(') {
+				++numOpenBrackets;
+			} else if (c == ')') {
+				--numOpenBrackets;
+			}
+		}
+		if (numOpenBrackets != 0 && url.charAt(url.length() - 1) == ')') {
+			return url.substring(0, url.length() - 1);
+		} else {
+			return url;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static final Linkify.MatchFilter WEBURL_MATCH_FILTER = (cs, start, end) -> {
+		if (start > 0) {
+			if (cs.charAt(start - 1) == '@' || cs.charAt(start - 1) == '.'
+					|| cs.subSequence(Math.max(0, start - 3), start).equals("://")) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (end < cs.length()) {
+			// Reject strings that were probably matched only because they contain a dot followed by
+			// by some known TLD (see also comment for WORD_BOUNDARY in Patterns.java)
+			if (Character.isAlphabetic(cs.charAt(end-1)) && Character.isAlphabetic(cs.charAt(end))) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	};
+
 	private static final Linkify.MatchFilter XMPPURI_MATCH_FILTER = (s, start, end) -> {
 		XmppUri uri = new XmppUri(s.subSequence(start, end).toString());
 		return uri.isJidValid();
@@ -127,21 +162,6 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> implements CopyTextVie
 		updatePreferences();
 	}
 
-	private static String removeTrailingBracket(final String url) {
-		int numOpenBrackets = 0;
-		for (char c : url.toCharArray()) {
-			if (c == '(') {
-				++numOpenBrackets;
-			} else if (c == ')') {
-				--numOpenBrackets;
-			}
-		}
-		if (numOpenBrackets != 0 && url.charAt(url.length() - 1) == ')') {
-			return url.substring(0, url.length() - 1);
-		} else {
-			return url;
-		}
-	}
 
 	public static boolean cancelPotentialWork(Message message, ImageView imageView) {
 		final BitmapWorkerTask bitmapWorkerTask = getBitmapWorkerTask(imageView);
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java
index 6e9e85cd7..fae13aaea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ public class Patterns {
             + "(?:" + PORT_NUMBER + ")?"
             + ")"
             + "(?:" + PATH_AND_QUERY + ")?"
-            + WORD_BOUNDARY
             + ")";
     /**
      * Regular expression to match strings that start with a supported protocol. Rules for domain
@@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ public class Patterns {
             + "(?:" + PORT_NUMBER + ")?"
             + ")"
             + "(?:" + PATH_AND_QUERY + ")?"
-            + WORD_BOUNDARY
             + ")";
     /**
      * Regular expression pattern to match IRIs. If a string starts with http(s):// the expression