diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/koha-news.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/koha-news.tt
index 411ab1fa82..931b7d9c02 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/koha-news.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/koha-news.tt
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ var MSG_CONFIRM_DELETE_NEWS  = _("Are you sure you want to delete the selected n
 tinyMCE.init({
     mode : "textareas",
     theme : "advanced",
+    convert_urls : false,
+    relative_urls : false,
     content_css : "[% themelang %]/css/tinymce.css",
     plugins : "table,save,advhr,advlink,searchreplace,print,contextmenu",
     theme_advanced_buttons1 : "save,|,bold,italic,|,cut,copy,paste,|,search,replace,|,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,justifyfull,|,formatselect,|,link,unlink,anchor,cleanup,help,code,advhr,|,print",