diff --git a/src/postTools.js b/src/postTools.js
index 940c39d256..f7809f3f50 100644
--- a/src/postTools.js
+++ b/src/postTools.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		});
 	}
 
-	PostTools.markdownToHTML = function(md) {
+	PostTools.markdownToHTML = function(md, isSignature) {
 		var	marked = require('marked'),
 			cheerio = require('cheerio');
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 				if (href && !href.match(domain)) {
 					this.attr('href', domain + 'outgoing?' + href);
-					this.append(' <i class="icon-external-link"></i>');
+					if (!isSignature) this.append(' <i class="icon-external-link"></i>');
 				}
 			});
 			
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 1281dac132..fb39b77c90 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			post.user_rep = userData.reputation || 0;
 			post.user_postcount = userData.postcount || 0;
 			post.picture = userData.picture || require('gravatar').url('', {}, https=global.nconf.get('https'));
-			post.signature = postTools.markdownToHTML(userData.signature);
+			post.signature = postTools.markdownToHTML(userData.signature, true);
 
 			if(post.editor !== '') {
 				user.getUserFields(post.editor, ['username', 'userslug'], function(editorData) {
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 6afd2fda41..c433814709 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 
 								userData.posts = posts.filter(function(p) {return p.deleted !== "1";});
 								userData.isFollowing = isFollowing;
-								userData.signature = postTools.markdownToHTML(userData.signature);
+								userData.signature = postTools.markdownToHTML(userData.signature, true);
 								res.json(userData);
 							});
 						});