diff --git a/ActiveLabel/RegexParser.swift b/ActiveLabel/RegexParser.swift
index fe9bd7ab..cbf41402 100644
--- a/ActiveLabel/RegexParser.swift
+++ b/ActiveLabel/RegexParser.swift
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ struct RegexParser {
     static let hashtagPattern = "(?:^|\\s|$)#[\\p{L}0-9_]*"
     static let mentionPattern = "(?:^|\\s|$|[.])@[\\p{L}0-9_]*"
     static let emailPattern = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
-    static let urlPattern = "(^|[\\s.:;?\\-\\]<\\(])" +
-        "((https?://|www\\.|pic\\.)[-\\w;/?:@&=+$\\|\\_.!~*\\|'()\\[\\]%#,☺]+[\\w/#](\\(\\))?)" +
-    "(?=$|[\\s',\\|\\(\\).:;?\\-\\[\\]>\\)])"
+    static let urlPattern = "(https?://|www\\.|pic\\.)[a-zA-Z0-9\\-\\.]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(:[a-zA-Z0-9]*)?/?([a-zA-Z0-9\\-\\._\\?\\,\'/\\\\+&amp;%\\$#\\=~])*"
 
     private static var cachedRegularExpressions: [String : NSRegularExpression] = [:]