diff --git a/ikiwiki b/ikiwiki
index 129076f75..f533cd096 100755
--- a/ikiwiki
+++ b/ikiwiki
@@ -645,10 +645,10 @@ sub cgi () {
 		my $list="<ul>\n";
 		foreach my $change (rcs_recentchanges(100)) {
 			$list.="<li>";
-			$list.=join(", ", map { htmllink("index", $_, 1) } @{$change->{pages}});
+			$list.=join(", ", map { htmllink("", $_, 1) } @{$change->{pages}});
 			$list.="<br>\n";
 			$list.="changed ".$change->{when}." by ".
-			       htmllink("index", $change->{user}, 1).
+			       htmllink("", $change->{user}, 1).
 			       ": <i>".$change->{message}."</i>\n";
 			$list.="</li>\n";
 		}