diff --git a/ZNCString.h b/ZNCString.h
index fda3d2ec..4f3bacdf 100644
--- a/ZNCString.h
+++ b/ZNCString.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ using std::list;
 using std::pair;
 
 #define _SQL(s) CString("'" + CString(s).Escape_n(CString::ESQL) + "'")
-#define _URL(s) CString("'" + CString(s).Escape_n(CString::EURL) + "'")
-#define _HTML(s) CString("'" + CString(s).Escape_n(CString::EHTML) + "'")
+#define _URL(s) CString(CString(s).Escape_n(CString::EURL))
+#define _HTML(s) CString(CString(s).Escape_n(CString::EHTML))
 
 class CString;
 class MCString;