diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 588cd4c93b..5ac4c90e12 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -91,31 +91,6 @@ _allowed_styles =[
 	'transform'
 ]
 
-# # filter to make all links show domain on hover
-
-# def a_modify(attrs, whatever):
-
-# 	raw_url=attrs.get((None, "href"), None)
-# 	if raw_url:
-# 		parsed_url = urlparse(raw_url)
-
-# 		domain = parsed_url.netloc
-# 		attrs[(None, "target")] = "_blank"
-# 		if domain and not domain.endswith(domain):
-# 			attrs[(None, "rel")] = "nofollow noopener noreferrer"
-
-# 			new_url = ParseResult(scheme="https",
-# 								  netloc=parsed_url.netloc,
-# 								  path=parsed_url.path,
-# 								  params=parsed_url.params,
-# 								  query=parsed_url.query,
-# 								  fragment=parsed_url.fragment)
-
-# 			attrs[(None, "href")] = urlunparse(new_url)
-
-# 	return attrs
-
-
 def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 
 	sanitized = sanitized.replace("\ufeff", "").replace("m.youtube.com", "youtube.com")
@@ -131,7 +106,6 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 									filters=[partial(LinkifyFilter,
 													skip_tags=["pre"],
 													parse_email=False,
-													# callbacks=[a_modify]
 													)
 											]
 									).clean(sanitized)
@@ -143,7 +117,6 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 							filters=[partial(LinkifyFilter,
 											skip_tags=["pre"],
 											parse_email=False,
-											# callbacks=[a_modify]
 											)
 									]
 							).clean(sanitized)
@@ -176,6 +149,9 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 	#disguised link preventer
 	for tag in soup.find_all("a"):
 
+		tag["target"] = "_blank"
+		if site not in tag["href"]: tag["rel"] = "nofollow noopener noreferrer"
+
 		if re.match("https?://\S+", str(tag.string)):
 			try:
 				tag.string = tag["href"]