diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index 22dc58963b72fb7927491480c93370e399d573d1..83359cd557ba1ac73ffc993728d90c911f3794e8 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
     var $_counter   = array(); // used as global counter, introduced for table classes
     var $_codeblock = 0; // counts the code and file blocks, used to provide download links
 
-    private $schemes = null; // protocol schemes
-
     /**
      * Register a new edit section range
      *
@@ -882,14 +880,6 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
                 $this->doc .= '<li><div class="li">';
                 // support feeds without links
                 $lnkurl = $item->get_permalink();
-                if($lnkurl){
-                    // lnkurl might be an attack vector, only allow registered protocols
-                    if(is_null($this->schemes)) $this->schemes = getSchemes();
-                    list($scheme) = explode('://',$lnkurl);
-                    $scheme = strtolower($scheme);
-                    if(!in_array($scheme,$this->schemes)) $lnkurl = '';
-                }
-
                 if($lnkurl){
                     // title is escaped by SimplePie, we unescape here because it
                     // is escaped again in externallink() FS#1705