diff --git a/engine/apps/alerts/incident_appearance/templaters/classic_markdown_templater.py b/engine/apps/alerts/incident_appearance/templaters/classic_markdown_templater.py
index 385d186a..31d13fa7 100644
--- a/engine/apps/alerts/incident_appearance/templaters/classic_markdown_templater.py
+++ b/engine/apps/alerts/incident_appearance/templaters/classic_markdown_templater.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import re
-
 from apps.alerts.incident_appearance.templaters.alert_templater import AlertTemplater
-from common.utils import convert_md_to_html, escape_html, url_re, urlize_with_respect_to_a
 
 
 class AlertClassicMarkdownTemplater(AlertTemplater):
@@ -11,20 +8,13 @@ class AlertClassicMarkdownTemplater(AlertTemplater):
         return self.RENDER_FOR
 
     def _postformat(self, templated_alert):
-        link_substitution = {}
         if templated_alert.title:
-            templated_alert.title = escape_html(self._slack_format_for_web(templated_alert.title))
+            templated_alert.title = self._slack_format(templated_alert.title)
         if templated_alert.message:
-            message = escape_html(self._slack_format_for_web(templated_alert.message))
-            link_matches = re.findall(url_re, message)
-            for idx, link in enumerate(link_matches):
-                substitution = f"amixrsubstitutedlink{idx}"
-                link_substitution[substitution] = link
-                message = message.replace(link, substitution)
-
+            templated_alert.message = self._slack_format(templated_alert.message)
         return templated_alert
 
-    def _slack_format_for_web(self, data):
+    def _slack_format(self, data):
         sf = self.slack_formatter
         sf.hyperlink_mention_format = "[{title}]({url})"
         return sf.format(data)