diff --git a/gramps/gen/proxy/referencedbyselection.py b/gramps/gen/proxy/referencedbyselection.py
index 4b678ccb3..5d95f286c 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/proxy/referencedbyselection.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/proxy/referencedbyselection.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class ReferencedBySelectionProxyDb(ProxyDbBase):
         for tag in note.text.get_tags():
             if tag.name == 'Link':
                 if tag.value.startswith("gramps://"):
-                    obj_class, prop, value = tag.value[9:].split("/")
+                    obj_class, prop, value = tag.value[9:].split("/", 2)
                     if obj_class == "Media":         # bug6493
                         obj_class = "Media"
                     if prop == "handle":
diff --git a/gramps/gui/widgets/styledtexteditor.py b/gramps/gui/widgets/styledtexteditor.py
index 59e3bedea..e5f53d490 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/widgets/styledtexteditor.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/widgets/styledtexteditor.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class StyledTextEditor(Gtk.TextView):
             simple_access = SimpleAccess(win_obj.dbstate.db)
             url = link_tag.data
             if url.startswith("gramps://"):
-                obj_class, prop, value = url[9:].split("/")
+                obj_class, prop, value = url[9:].split("/", 2)
                 display = simple_access.display(obj_class, prop, value) or url
         return display + ((_("\nCommand-Click to follow link") if mac() else
                            _("\nCtrl-Click to follow link"))
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class StyledTextEditor(Gtk.TextView):
                 win_obj = find_parent_with_attr(self, attr="dbstate")
                 if win_obj:
                     # Edit the object:
-                    obj_class, prop, value = url[9:].split("/")
+                    obj_class, prop, value = url[9:].split("/", 2)
                     from ..editors import EditObject
                     EditObject(win_obj.dbstate,
                                win_obj.uistate,
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtmlbackend.py b/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtmlbackend.py
index f237693f6..db440d071 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtmlbackend.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtmlbackend.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class HtmlBackend(DocBackend):
         """
         if value.startswith("gramps://"):
             if self.build_link:
-                obj_class, prop, handle = value[9:].split("/", 3)
+                obj_class, prop, handle = value[9:].split("/", 2)
                 if prop in ["handle", "gramps_id"]:
                     value = self.build_link(prop, handle, obj_class)
                     if not value: