diff --git a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
index ff498b7b3..d06899f26 100644
--- a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
   def website_name
     uri = URI(website.to_s) rescue nil
     return if uri.nil? || uri.host.nil?
-    uri.host + uri.path
+    uri.host.sub(/^www\./,'') + uri.path
   end
 
   def include_website_name
diff --git a/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb
index 0dd8ab16f..84a588b0d 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -104,15 +104,29 @@ describe UserSerializer do
 
       context "when website has a subdomain" do
         before do
-          user.user_profile.website = 'http://www.example.com/user'
+          user.user_profile.website = 'http://subdomain.example.com/user'
         end
 
         it "has a website with a subdomain" do
-          expect(json[:website]).to eq 'http://www.example.com/user'
+          expect(json[:website]).to eq 'http://subdomain.example.com/user'
         end
 
         it "returns website name with the subdomain" do
-          expect(json[:website_name]).to eq 'www.example.com/user'
+          expect(json[:website_name]).to eq 'subdomain.example.com/user'
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when website has www" do
+        before do
+          user.user_profile.website = 'http://www.example.com/user'
+        end
+
+        it "has a website with the www" do
+          expect(json[:website]).to eq 'http://www.example.com/user'
+        end
+
+        it "returns website name without the www" do
+          expect(json[:website_name]).to eq 'example.com/user'
         end
       end