diff --git a/utils/markdown.go b/utils/markdown.go
index 1e103efa5c..d5c0d7b196 100644
--- a/utils/markdown.go
+++ b/utils/markdown.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func MarkdownToHTML(markdown, siteURL string) (string, error) {
 
 	// Unescape any blockquote text to be parsed by the markdown parser.
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(`^|\n(>)`)
-	markdownClean := re.ReplaceAllFunc([]byte(absLinkMarkdown), func(s []byte) []byte {
+	markdownClean := re.ReplaceAllFunc(absLinkMarkdown, func(s []byte) []byte {
 		out := html.UnescapeString(string(s))
 		return []byte(out)
 	})