diff --git a/internal/filter/spam/statusable.go b/internal/filter/spam/statusable.go
index 60598f920..819d03265 100644
--- a/internal/filter/spam/statusable.go
+++ b/internal/filter/spam/statusable.go
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func (f *Filter) errantLinks(
 	}
 
 	// Find + parse every http/https link in the status.
-	rawLinks := regexes.LinkScheme.FindAllString(concat, -1)
+	rawLinks := regexes.URL.FindAllString(concat, -1)
 	links := make([]preppedLink, 0, len(rawLinks))
 	for _, rawLink := range rawLinks {
 		linkURI, err := url.Parse(rawLink)
diff --git a/internal/regexes/regexes.go b/internal/regexes/regexes.go
index 515f69a12..a8a190645 100644
--- a/internal/regexes/regexes.go
+++ b/internal/regexes/regexes.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const (
 	reports   = "reports"
 	accepts   = "accepts"
 
-	schemes                  = `(http|https)://`                                         // Allowed URI protocols for parsing links in text.
 	alphaNumeric             = `\p{L}\p{M}*|\p{N}`                                       // A single number or script character in any language, including chars with accents.
 	usernameGrp              = `(?:` + alphaNumeric + `|\.|\-|\_)`                       // Non-capturing group that matches against a single valid username character.
 	domainGrp                = `(?:` + alphaNumeric + `|\.|\-|\:)`                       // Non-capturing group that matches against a single valid domain character.
@@ -79,14 +78,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	// LinkScheme captures http/https schemes in URLs.
-	LinkScheme = func() *regexp.Regexp {
-		rgx, err := xurls.StrictMatchingScheme(schemes)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		return rgx
-	}()
+	// URL captures anything that looks like a URL. This includes
+	// URLs without a scheme, based on a built-in list of TLDs.
+	URL = xurls.Relaxed()
 
 	// MentionName captures the username and domain part from
 	// a mention string such as @whatever_user@example.org,
diff --git a/internal/text/markdown.go b/internal/text/markdown.go
index 7e75f2898..96da9e57d 100644
--- a/internal/text/markdown.go
+++ b/internal/text/markdown.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (f *Formatter) fromMarkdown(
 			},
 			// Turns URLs into links.
 			extension.NewLinkify(
-				extension.WithLinkifyURLRegexp(regexes.LinkScheme),
+				extension.WithLinkifyURLRegexp(regexes.URL),
 			),
 			extension.Strikethrough,
 		),
diff --git a/internal/text/plain.go b/internal/text/plain.go
index ee4947bf7..7176dfec7 100644
--- a/internal/text/plain.go
+++ b/internal/text/plain.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (f *Formatter) fromPlain(
 			},
 			// Turns URLs into links.
 			extension.NewLinkify(
-				extension.WithLinkifyURLRegexp(regexes.LinkScheme),
+				extension.WithLinkifyURLRegexp(regexes.URL),
 			),
 		),
 	)