diff --git a/xep-0172.xml b/xep-0172.xml
index fa48179c..a111e349 100644
--- a/xep-0172.xml
+++ b/xep-0172.xml
@@ -396,6 +396,6 @@
 </section1>
 <section1 topic='Acknowledgements' anchor='ack'>
   <p>Thanks to Ian Paterson for his feedback.</p>
-  <p>Unbeknownst to the authors of this document, work on user nicknames was previously done by Richard Dobson (see &lt;<link url='http://richard.dobson-i.net/xep.php?html=xep-01xx.xml'>http://richard.dobson-i.net/xep.php?html=xep-01xx.xml</link>&gt;).</p>
+  <p>Unbeknownst to the authors of this document, work on user nicknames was previously done by Richard Dobson.</p>
 </section1>
 </xep>