diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 7fd2e6937f..fef555694f 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ def sanitize(text, linkgen=False, flair=False):
 
 			url = tag.get("src", "")
 			if not url: continue
-			netloc = urlparse(url).netloc
 
 			if "profile-pic-20" not in tag.get("class", ""):
 				#print(tag.get('class'))
@@ -192,13 +191,13 @@ def sanitize(text, linkgen=False, flair=False):
 	
 	for i in re.finditer('<a href="(https://(streamable|youtube).com/(e|embed)/.*?)"', sanitized):
 		url = i.group(1)
-		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">{url}</a>'
+		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" target="_blank">{url}</a>'
 		htmlsource = f'<div style="padding-top:5px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><iframe frameborder="0" src="{url}?controls=0"></iframe></div>'
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(replacing, htmlsource)
 		
 	for i in re.finditer('<a href="(https://open.spotify.com/embed/.*?)"', sanitized):
 		url = i.group(1)
-		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">{url}</a>'
+		replacing = f'<a href="{url}" target="_blank">{url}</a>'
 		htmlsource = f'<iframe src="{url}" width="100%" height="80" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>'
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(replacing, htmlsource)