diff --git a/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb b/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb
index ba884ec8db..8b6ac9f5fd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/groups_helper.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 module GroupsHelper
 
-  def link_to_url(url, html_options = {})
-    link_to_service 'http://', url, html_options do
-      strip_url url
-    end
-  end
-
   def link_to_service(baseurl, name, html_options = {})
     if name.empty? then return end
     html_options = html_options.merge target: '_blank'
diff --git a/app/views/groups/_contact.html.haml b/app/views/groups/_contact.html.haml
index 8a612ae194..458aa81dbe 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/_contact.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/_contact.html.haml
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
             Email us
       - if @group.website.present?
         %p
-          %a{href:"http://"+@group.website, target: "_blank"}
+          =link_to_service "http://", @group.website do
             Visit our website
-          / =link_to_url @group.website
 
 %div{bindonce: true}  
   - if @group.facebook.present? || @group.twitter.present? || @group.linkedin.present? || @group.instagram.present?
diff --git a/spec/helpers/groups_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/groups_helper_spec.rb
index 89b28ae3fa..69e7a3add4 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/groups_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/groups_helper_spec.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,4 @@ describe GroupsHelper do
        expect(helper.strip_url("example.com")).to eq("example.com")
      end
    end
-   describe "link_to_url" do
-     it "gives a link to an html external url" do
-       expect(helper.link_to_url("example.com")).to eq('<a href="http://example.com" target="_blank">example.com</a>')
-       expect(helper.link_to_url("https://example.com/")).to eq('<a href="https://example.com/" target="_blank">example.com/</a>')
-     end
-   end
 end