diff --git a/src/HtmlUtils.js b/src/HtmlUtils.js
index b74b57ceac..01ae50cf68 100644
--- a/src/HtmlUtils.js
+++ b/src/HtmlUtils.js
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ var sanitizeHtmlParams = {
selfClosing: [ 'img', 'br', 'hr', 'area', 'base', 'basefont', 'input', 'link', 'meta' ],
// URL schemes we permit
allowedSchemes: [ 'http', 'https', 'ftp', 'mailto' ],
+
+ // DO NOT USE. sanitize-html allows all URL starting with '//'
+ // so this will always allow links to whatever scheme the
+ // host page is served over.
allowedSchemesByTag: {},
transformTags: { // custom to matrix