diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
index 0eb93fcf2019e630002fb26768c99e3dd0809c41..f88d104bc8e10b2569009430f989bcbb9ccb1e7c 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/release-notes.ts
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ export async function getReleaseNotes(
         releaseNotes = null;
       } else {
         try {
-          releaseNotes.body = linkify(releaseNotes.body, {
-            repository: `${baseUrl}${repository}`,
-          });
+          if (baseUrl !== 'https://gitlab.com/') {
+            releaseNotes.body = linkify(releaseNotes.body, {
+              repository: `${baseUrl}${repository}`,
+            });
+          }
         } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
           logger.warn({ err, baseUrl, repository }, 'Error linkifying');
         }