diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 89afd7e..768f8ca 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -482,8 +482,7 @@ SendStream.prototype.redirect = function redirect (path) {
   }
 
   var loc = encodeUrl(collapseLeadingSlashes(this.path + '/'))
-  var doc = createHtmlDocument('Redirecting', 'Redirecting to <a href="' + escapeHtml(loc) + '">' +
-    escapeHtml(loc) + '</a>')
+  var doc = createHtmlDocument('Redirecting', 'Redirecting to ' + escapeHtml(loc))
 
   // redirect
   res.statusCode = 301
diff --git a/test/send.js b/test/send.js
index d419f8f..7fa9dd7 100644
--- a/test/send.js
+++ b/test/send.js
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ describe('send(file).pipe(res)', function () {
         .get('/pets')
         .expect('Location', '/pets/')
         .expect('Content-Type', /html/)
-        .expect(301, />Redirecting to <a href="\/pets\/">\/pets\/<\/a></, done)
+        .expect(301, />Redirecting to \/pets\/</, done)
     })
 
     it('should respond with default Content-Security-Policy', function (done) {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ describe('send(file).pipe(res)', function () {
         .get('/snow')
         .expect('Location', '/snow%20%E2%98%83/')
         .expect('Content-Type', /html/)
-        .expect(301, />Redirecting to <a href="\/snow%20%E2%98%83\/">\/snow%20%E2%98%83\/<\/a></, done)
+        .expect(301, />Redirecting to \/snow%20%E2%98%83\/</, done)
     })
   })