diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
index 97e8780f0fd..57d433e55cc 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ import Markdown from '../../../Markdown';
 import ComposerHistoryManager from '../../../ComposerHistoryManager';
 import MessageComposerStore from '../../../stores/MessageComposerStore';
 
-import {MATRIXTO_URL_PATTERN, MATRIXTO_MD_LINK_PATTERN} from '../../../linkify-matrix';
-const REGEX_MATRIXTO = new RegExp(MATRIXTO_URL_PATTERN);
+import {MATRIXTO_MD_LINK_PATTERN} from '../../../linkify-matrix';
 const REGEX_MATRIXTO_MARKDOWN_GLOBAL = new RegExp(MATRIXTO_MD_LINK_PATTERN, 'g');
 
 import {asciiRegexp, shortnameToUnicode, emojioneList, asciiList, mapUnicodeToShort} from 'emojione';
diff --git a/src/linkify-matrix.js b/src/linkify-matrix.js
index 328cb988887..d72319948a2 100644
--- a/src/linkify-matrix.js
+++ b/src/linkify-matrix.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ matrixLinkify.VECTOR_URL_PATTERN = "^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:"
     + "(?:www\\.)?(?:riot|vector)\\.im/(?:app|beta|staging|develop)/"
     + ")(#.*)";
 
-matrixLinkify.MATRIXTO_URL_PATTERN = "^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\\.)?matrix\\.to/#/([#@!+].*)";
+matrixLinkify.MATRIXTO_URL_PATTERN = "^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\\.)?matrix\\.to/#/(([#@!+]).*)";
 matrixLinkify.MATRIXTO_MD_LINK_PATTERN =
     '\\[([^\\]]*)\\]\\((?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\\.)?matrix\\.to/#/([#@!+][^\\)]*)\\)';
 matrixLinkify.MATRIXTO_BASE_URL= baseUrl;