diff --git a/js/misc/util.js b/js/misc/util.js
index 1d73d2076..38b67e891 100644
--- a/js/misc/util.js
+++ b/js/misc/util.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const Params = imports.misc.params;
 var SCROLL_TIME = 0.1;
 
 // http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls
-const _balancedParens = '\\((?:[^\\s()<>]+|(?:\\(?:[^\\s()<>]+\\)))*\\)';
+const _balancedParens = '\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)';
 const _leadingJunk = '[\\s`(\\[{\'\\"<\u00AB\u201C\u2018]';
 const _notTrailingJunk = '[^\\s`!()\\[\\]{};:\'\\".,<>?\u00AB\u00BB\u201C\u201D\u2018\u2019]';
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/url.js b/tests/unit/url.js
index 251725ca6..158316bb4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/url.js
+++ b/tests/unit/url.js
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ const tests = [
       output: [ { url: 'http://www.gnome.org:99/port', pos: 10 } ] },
     { input: 'This is an ftp://www.gnome.org/ test.',
       output: [ { url: 'ftp://www.gnome.org/', pos: 11 } ] },
+    { input: 'https://www.gnome.org/(some_url,_with_very_unusual_characters)',
+      output: [ { url: 'https://www.gnome.org/(some_url,_with_very_unusual_characters)', pos: 0 } ] },
+    { input: 'https://www.gnome.org/(some_url_with_unbalanced_parenthesis',
+      output: [ { url: 'https://www.gnome.org/', pos: 0 } ] },
 
     { input: 'Visit http://www.gnome.org/ and http://developer.gnome.org',
       output: [ { url: 'http://www.gnome.org/', pos: 6 },
@@ -68,4 +72,4 @@ for (let i = 0; i < tests.length; i++) {
 	JsUnit.assertEquals('Test ' + i + ', match ' + j + ' position',
 			    match[j].pos, tests[i].output[j].pos);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}