diff --git a/components/ILIAS/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php b/components/ILIAS/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php
index 8a1a82ba6289..75f27edd481b 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/DataCollection/classes/Fields/Text/class.ilDclTextRecordRepresentation.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public function getHTML(bool $link = true, array $options = []): string
 
     protected function shortenLink(string $value): string
     {
-        $value = preg_replace('/^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?(.)/', '', $value);
+        $value = preg_replace('/^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?/', '', $value);
         $half = (int) ((self::LINK_MAX_LENGTH - 4) / 2);
         $value = preg_replace('/^(.{' . ($half + 1) . '})(.{4,})(.{' . $half . '})$/', '\1...\3', $value);