diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/quote_dialect.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/quote_dialect.js
index df299b133..68395103f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/quote_dialect.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/quote_dialect.js
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ Discourse.BBCode.register('quote', {noWrap: true, singlePara: true}, function(co
   if (options.topicId && postNumber && options.getTopicInfo && topicId !== options.topicId) {
     var topicInfo = options.getTopicInfo(topicId);
     if (topicInfo) {
-      header.push(' ');
       var href = topicInfo.href;
       if (postNumber > 0) { href += "/" + postNumber; }
+      // get rid of username said stuff
+      header.pop();
       header.push(['a', {'href': href}, topicInfo.title]);
     }
   }
diff --git a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
index b62875aff..25c603ef1 100644
--- a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
         topic = Fabricate(:topic, title: "this is a test topic")
         expected = <<HTML
 <aside class="quote" data-post="2" data-topic="#{topic.id}"><div class="title">
-<div class="quote-controls"></div>EvilTrout: <a href="http://test.localhost/t/this-is-a-test-topic/#{topic.id}/2">This is a test topic</a>
+<div class="quote-controls"></div><a href="http://test.localhost/t/this-is-a-test-topic/#{topic.id}/2">This is a test topic</a>
 </div>
 <blockquote><p>ddd</p></blockquote></aside>
 HTML
