diff --git a/_posts/2017-08-31-Rust-1.20.md b/_posts/2017-08-31-Rust-1.20.md
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--- a/_posts/2017-08-31-Rust-1.20.md
+++ b/_posts/2017-08-31-Rust-1.20.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ stack guard on Linux]. You don't need to do anything to get these protections
 other than using Rust 1.20.
 
 [stack probes]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/42816
-[skipping the main thread's manual stack guard on Linux]: (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43072)
+[skipping the main thread's manual stack guard on Linux]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/43072
 
 We've added a new trio of sorting functions to the standard library:
 [`slice::sort_unstable_by_key`], [`slice::sort_unstable_by`], and
@@ -301,4 +301,4 @@ See the [detailed release notes][notes] for more.
 ### Contributors to 1.20.0
 
 Many people came together to create Rust 1.20. We couldn't have done it without
-all of you. [Thanks!](https://thanks.rust-lang.org/rust/1.20.0)
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+all of you. [Thanks!](https://thanks.rust-lang.org/rust/1.20.0)