diff --git a/td/telegram/MessageEntity.cpp b/td/telegram/MessageEntity.cpp
index ec8a7dda8..9a4c0be62 100644
--- a/td/telegram/MessageEntity.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/MessageEntity.cpp
@@ -677,9 +677,7 @@ static vector<Slice> match_urls(Slice str) {
           url_begin_ptr = url_begin_ptr - 7;
         } else if (ends_with(protocol, "https")) {
           url_begin_ptr = url_begin_ptr - 8;
-        } else if (ends_with(protocol, "sftp")) {
-          url_begin_ptr = url_begin_ptr - 7;
-        } else if (ends_with(protocol, "ftp") && protocol != "tftp") {
+        } else if (ends_with(protocol, "ftp") && protocol != "tftp" && protocol != "sftp") {
           url_begin_ptr = url_begin_ptr - 6;
         } else {
           is_bad = true;
@@ -983,8 +981,7 @@ Slice fix_url(Slice str) {
 
   bool has_protocol = false;
   auto str_begin = to_lower(str.substr(0, 8));
-  if (begins_with(str_begin, "http://") || begins_with(str_begin, "https://") || begins_with(str_begin, "sftp://") ||
-      begins_with(str_begin, "ftp://")) {
+  if (begins_with(str_begin, "http://") || begins_with(str_begin, "https://") || begins_with(str_begin, "ftp://")) {
     auto pos = str.find(':');
     str = str.substr(pos + 3);
     has_protocol = true;
diff --git a/test/message_entities.cpp b/test/message_entities.cpp
index b9636fa51..d65bc320f 100644
--- a/test/message_entities.cpp
+++ b/test/message_entities.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ TEST(MessageEntities, url) {
   check_url("http://telegram.org", {"http://telegram.org"});
   check_url("ftp://telegram.org", {"ftp://telegram.org"});
   check_url("ftps://telegram.org", {});
-  check_url("sftp://telegram.org", {"sftp://telegram.org"});
+  check_url("sftp://telegram.org", {});
   check_url("hTtPs://telegram.org", {"hTtPs://telegram.org"});
   check_url("HTTP://telegram.org", {"HTTP://telegram.org"});
   check_url("аHTTP://telegram.org", {"HTTP://telegram.org"});