diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index 1436b8884..d5ea38ec6 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -469,11 +469,9 @@ def submit_post(v, sub=None):
 		url = normalize_url(url)
 
 		if v.admin_level < PERMS["IGNORE_DOMAIN_BAN"]:
-			y = tldextract.extract(url).registered_domain + parsed_url.path
-			y = y.lower()
 			banned_domains = g.db.query(BannedDomain).all()
 			for x in banned_domains:
-				if y.startswith(x.domain):
+				if url.startswith(x.domain):
 					abort(400, f'Remove the banned link "{x.domain}" and try again!\nReason for link ban: "{x.reason}"')
 
 		if "twitter.com" == domain: