diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_url.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_url.js
index e092557fe7..decff0edda 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_url.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_url.js
@@ -238,18 +238,12 @@ var et2_url_ro = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 
 		var link = et2_url.prototype.get_link(this._type, _value);
 
-		if(!link && this.getDOMNode().nodeName == "A") 
+		if(!link) 
 		{
-			this.span = $j(document.createElement("span"));
 			this.span.text(_value);
-			this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
+			this.span.removeAttr("href");
 			return;
 		}
-		else if (this.getDOMNode().nodeName != "A" && link)
-		{
-			this.span = $j(document.createElement("a"));
-			this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
-		}
 		this.span.text(_value);
 		switch(this._type) {
 			case "url":