diff --git a/src/utils/github-user-utils.ts b/src/utils/github-user-utils.ts
index 26b68e7..8076a5d 100644
--- a/src/utils/github-user-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/github-user-utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Database } from '../shared/Database';
 
 const mentionRegex = new RegExp('@([\\S]+),|@([\\S]+)', 'gi');
+const issueLinkRegex = new RegExp('\\s?\\(\\[(#\\d+)\\]\\(https?:\\/\\/(www\\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}\\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\\b(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_+.~#?&//=]*)\\)', 'gi');
 
 export async function fixPings(body: string): Promise<string> {
   const mappings = await Database.getAllGithubUserMappings();
@@ -11,4 +12,8 @@ export async function fixPings(body: string): Promise<string> {
 
     return mapping ? `<@${mapping.discord_id}>` : match;
   });
+}
+
+export function removeIssueLinks(body: string): string {
+  return body.replaceAll(issueLinkRegex, '');
 }
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diff --git a/src/webserver/index.ts b/src/webserver/index.ts
index 0b62c5c..0bb3a11 100644
--- a/src/webserver/index.ts
+++ b/src/webserver/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { Client } from 'discord.js';
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
-import { fixPings } from '../utils/github-user-utils';
+import { fixPings, removeIssueLinks } from '../utils/github-user-utils';
 import { logDebug } from '../utils/debug-utils';
 import { AltData, comprehensiveAltLookupFromE621 } from '../utils';
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ async function handleGithubRelease(client: Client, req: Request, res: Response):
 
   const date = new Date();
 
-  let message = `## [${months[date.getUTCMonth()]} ${date.getUTCDate()}, ${date.getUTCFullYear()}](<${data.release.html_url}>)\n\n${await fixPings(data.release.body)}`;
+  let message = `## [${months[date.getUTCMonth()]} ${date.getUTCDate()}, ${date.getUTCFullYear()}](<${data.release.html_url}>)\n\n${await fixPings(removeIssueLinks(data.release.body))}`;
 
   logDebug('Sending github release message');