diff --git a/src/postTools.js b/src/postTools.js
index cbe2df1931..8913a1e787 100644
--- a/src/postTools.js
+++ b/src/postTools.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					});
 				},
 				function(next) {
-					PostTools.toHTML(content, next);
+					PostTools.parse(content, next);
 				}
 			], function(err, results) {
 				io.sockets.in('topic_' + results[0].tid).emit('event:post_edited', {
@@ -190,28 +190,11 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		});
 	}
 
-	PostTools.toHTML = function(raw, callback) {
+	PostTools.parse = function(raw, callback) {
 		raw = raw || '';
+
 		plugins.fireHook('filter:post.parse', raw, function(parsed) {
-			var cheerio = require('cheerio');
-
-			if (parsed && parsed.length > 0) {
-				var parsedContentDOM = cheerio.load(parsed);
-				var domain = nconf.get('url');
-
-				parsedContentDOM('a').each(function() {
-					this.attr('rel', 'nofollow');
-					var href = this.attr('href');
-
-					if (href && !href.match(domain) && !utils.isRelativeUrl(href)) {
-						this.attr('href', domain + 'outgoing?url=' + encodeURIComponent(href));
-					}
-				});
-
-				callback(null, parsedContentDOM.html());
-			} else {
-				callback(null, '<p></p>');
-			}
+			callback(null, parsed);
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index dee76c0474..6ecc0db2f3 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		user.getUserFields(post.uid, ['username', 'userslug', 'reputation', 'postcount', 'picture', 'signature', 'banned'], function(err, userData) {
 			if (err) return callback();
 
-			postTools.toHTML(userData.signature, function(err, signature) {
+			postTools.parse(userData.signature, function(err, signature) {
 				post.username = userData.username || 'anonymous';
 				post.userslug = userData.userslug || '';
 				post.user_rep = userData.reputation || 0;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				},
 				function(postData, next) {
 					if (postData.content) {
-						postTools.toHTML(postData.content, function(err, content) {
+						postTools.parse(postData.content, function(err, content) {
 							if (!err) postData.content = utils.strip_tags(content);
 							next(err, postData);
 						});
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					postData['edited-class'] = postData.editor !== '' ? '' : 'none';
 					postData['relativeEditTime'] = postData.edited !== '0' ? (new Date(parseInt(postData.edited,10)).toISOString()) : '';
 
-					postTools.toHTML(postData.content, function(err, content) {
+					postTools.parse(postData.content, function(err, content) {
 						postData.content = content;
 						posts.push(postData);
 						callback(null);
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 						async.parallel({
 							content: function(next) {
 								plugins.fireHook('filter:post.get', postData, function(postData) {
-									postTools.toHTML(postData.content, function(err, content) {
+									postTools.parse(postData.content, function(err, content) {
 										next(null, content);
 									});
 								});
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 78cd6da6c6..3af6aa17e9 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 							if (callerUID !== userData.uid)
 								user.incrementUserFieldBy(userData.uid, 'profileviews', 1);
 
-							postTools.toHTML(userData.signature, function(err, signature) {
+							postTools.parse(userData.signature, function(err, signature) {
 								userData.signature = signature;
 								res.json(userData);
 							});
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index f6d21ae186..e3b8bfc98d 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ schema = require('./schema.js'),
 
 						if (postData.content) {
 							stripped = postData.content.replace(/>.+\n\n/, '');
-							postTools.toHTML(stripped, function(err, stripped) {
+							postTools.parse(stripped, function(err, stripped) {
 								returnObj.text = utils.strip_tags(stripped);
 								callback(null, returnObj);
 							});