diff --git a/wp-content/themes/classic/sidebar.php b/wp-content/themes/classic/sidebar.php
index 3d8b42c08e..a54e09e6ed 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/classic/sidebar.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/classic/sidebar.php
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 	<ul>
 		<?php wp_register(); ?>
 		<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
-		<li><a href="feed:<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>"><?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
-		<li><a href="feed:<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('The latest comments to all posts in RSS'); ?>"><?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
+		<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>"><?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
+		<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('The latest comments to all posts in RSS'); ?>"><?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
 		<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="<?php _e('This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional'); ?>"><?php _e('Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
 		<li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li>
 		<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>"><abbr title="WordPress">WP</abbr></a></li>
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/default/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/default/footer.php
index c1a1d70874..4ce1671627 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/default/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/default/footer.php
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 	<p>
 		<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> is proudly powered by
 		<a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>
-		<br /><a href="feed:<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>">Entries (RSS)</a>
-		and <a href="feed:<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>">Comments (RSS)</a>.
+		<br /><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>">Entries (RSS)</a>
+		and <a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>">Comments (RSS)</a>.
 		<!-- <?php echo get_num_queries(); ?> queries. <?php timer_stop(1); ?> seconds. -->
 	</p>
 </div>