diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
index 3212dcbc3..82f8cd020 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
       id: to_string(user.id),
       acct: user.nickname,
       username: username_from_nickname(user.nickname),
-      url: User.profile_url(user) || user.ap_id
+      url: User.profile_url(user)
     }
   end