diff --git a/lib/private/helper.php b/lib/private/helper.php
index 98a86388d2088d71d6b691f9d5b8434c7dda3155..d7ac0b5f4fa64846adad31d58c9c6ed960a3653d 100644
--- a/lib/private/helper.php
+++ b/lib/private/helper.php
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ class OC_Helper {
 	 * Returns a absolute url to the given app and file.
 	 */
 	public static function linkToAbsolute($app, $file, $args = array()) {
-		$urlLinkTo = self::linkTo($app, $file, $args);
-		return self::makeURLAbsolute($urlLinkTo);
+		return self::linkTo($app, $file, $args);
 	}
 
 	/**