diff --git a/webapp/utils/utils.jsx b/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
index 95a0f99d5b..5f16baf1f3 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
@@ -314,7 +314,13 @@ export function getTimestamp() {
 
 // extracts links not styled by Markdown
 export function extractLinks(text) {
-    const links = [];
+    text; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
+    Autolinker; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
+
+    // skip this operation because autolinker is having issues
+    return [];
+
+    /*const links = [];
     let inText = text;
 
     // strip out code blocks
@@ -348,7 +354,7 @@ export function extractLinks(text) {
         }
     );
 
-    return links;
+    return links;*/
 }
 
 export function escapeRegExp(string) {