diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index f965c5303..b22d72e15 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ asset_image_link_regex = re.compile(f"https:\/\/(i\.)?{SITE}\/assets\/images\/[\
 
 #sanitizing
 reddit_mention_regex = re.compile('(?<![\w/])\/?(([ruRU])\/(\w|-){2,25})' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
-reddit_s_regex = re.compile("https:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/(\w|-){2,25}\/s\/\w{10}", flags=re.A)
-reddit_domain_regex = re.compile("(^|\s|\()https?:\/\/(reddit\.com|(?:(?:[A-z]{2})(?:-[A-z]{2})" "?|beta|i|m|pay|ssl|www|new|alpha)\.reddit\.com|libredd\.it|reddit\.lol)\/(r|u|comments)\/", flags=re.A)
+reddit_domain_regex = re.compile("(^|\s|\()https?:\/\/(reddit\.com|(?:(?:[A-z]{2})(?:-[A-z]{2})" "?|beta|i|m|pay|ssl|www|new|alpha)\.reddit\.com|libredd\.it|reddit\.lol)\/(u|(r\/(\w|-){2,25}\/)?comments)\/", flags=re.A)
 
 #run-time
 reddit_to_vreddit_regex = re.compile('(^|>|")https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/(r|u)\/', flags=re.A)
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 9b59e3306..205b04398 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from functools import partial
 from os import path, listdir
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse, unquote, ParseResult, urlencode, urlunparse
 import time
-import requests
 
 from sqlalchemy.sql import func
 
@@ -743,9 +742,6 @@ def is_whitelisted(domain, k):
 def normalize_url(url):
 	url = unquote(url)
 
-	if reddit_s_regex.fullmatch(url):
-		url = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=1, proxies=proxies).url
-
 	url = reddit_domain_regex.sub(r'\1https://old.reddit.com/\3/', url)
 
 	url = url.replace("https://youtu.be/", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=") \