diff --git a/core/server/middleware/index.js b/core/server/middleware/index.js
index ca9f3420fb..196df13981 100644
--- a/core/server/middleware/index.js
+++ b/core/server/middleware/index.js
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ function checkSSL(req, res, next) {
 // Handles requests to robots.txt and favicon.ico (and caches them)
 function serveSharedFile(file, type, maxAge) {
     var content,
-        filePath = path.join(config.paths.corePath, 'shared', file);
+        filePath = path.join(config.paths.corePath, 'shared', file),
+        re = /(\{\{blog-url\}\})/g;
 
     return function serveSharedFile(req, res, next) {
         if (req.url === '/' + file) {
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ function serveSharedFile(file, type, maxAge) {
                         return next(err);
                     }
                     if (type === 'text/xsl' || type === 'text/plain') {
-                        buf = buf.toString().replace('{{blog-url}}', config.url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
+                        buf = buf.toString().replace(re, config.url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
                     }
                     content = {
                         headers: {
diff --git a/core/shared/sitemap.xsl b/core/shared/sitemap.xsl
index 5344f7b0e2..778ba5e388 100644
--- a/core/shared/sitemap.xsl
+++ b/core/shared/sitemap.xsl
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
                         </table>
                     </xsl:if>
                     <xsl:if test="count(sitemap:sitemapindex/sitemap:sitemap) &lt; 1">
-                        <p class="desc"><a href="/sitemap.xml" class="back-link">&#8592; Back to index</a></p>
+                        <p class="desc"><a href="{{blog-url}}/sitemap.xml" class="back-link">&#8592; Back to index</a></p>
                         <table id="sitemap" cellpadding="3">
                             <thead>
                                 <tr>
@@ -135,23 +135,9 @@
                                 </xsl:for-each>
                             </tbody>
                         </table>
-                        <p class="desc"><a href="/sitemap.xml" class="back-link">&#8592; Back to index</a></p>
+                        <p class="desc"><a href="{{blog-url}}/sitemap.xml" class="back-link">&#8592; Back to index</a></p>
                     </xsl:if>
                 </div>
-                <script type="text/javascript">
-                    <![CDATA[
-                    window.onload = function() {
-                        var sitemapIndex = window.location.href.replace(/sitemap-.*\.xml$/, 'sitemap.xml'),
-                            links = document.querySelectorAll('.back-link'),
-                            i;
-                        if (links.length > 0) {
-                            for (i = 0; i < links.length; ++i) {
-                                links[i].href = sitemapIndex;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    };
-                    ]]>
-                </script>
             </body>
         </html>