diff --git a/core/server/helpers/excerpt.js b/core/server/helpers/excerpt.js
index 020c1a4eb1..1b47572486 100644
--- a/core/server/helpers/excerpt.js
+++ b/core/server/helpers/excerpt.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ excerpt = function (options) {
     /*jslint regexp:true */
     excerpt = String(this.html);
     // Strip inline and bottom footnotes
-    excerpt = excerpt.replace(/<a.*?rel="footnote">.*?<\/a>/gi, '');
+    excerpt = excerpt.replace(/<a href="#fn.*?rel="footnote">.*?<\/a>/gi, '');
     excerpt = excerpt.replace(/<div class="footnotes"><ol>.*?<\/ol><\/div>/, '');
     // Strip other html
     excerpt = excerpt.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');