diff --git a/syntax/archive.php b/syntax/archive.php
index c3c8169..f21da11 100644
--- a/syntax/archive.php
+++ b/syntax/archive.php
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ function handle($match, $state, $pos, Doku_Handler $handler) {
         if ($ns == '') $ns = cleanID($this->getConf('namespace'));
         elseif (($ns == '*') || ($ns == ':')) $ns = '';
         elseif ($ns == '.') $ns = getNS($ID);
-        elseif (preg_match('/^\.:/', $ns)){
-            if (getNS(getID())) {
-                $ns = getNS($ID) . ltrim($ns, ".");
-            } else {
-                $ns = ltrim($ns, ".:");
-            }
-        }
         else $ns = cleanID($ns);
 
         // daily archive
diff --git a/syntax/autoarchive.php b/syntax/autoarchive.php
index 839bcdb..5139fcf 100644
--- a/syntax/autoarchive.php
+++ b/syntax/autoarchive.php
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ function handle($match, $state, $pos, Doku_Handler $handler) {
         if ($ns == '') $ns = cleanID($this->getConf('namespace'));
         elseif (($ns == '*') || ($ns == ':')) $ns = '';
         elseif ($ns == '.') $ns = getNS($ID);
-        elseif (preg_match('/^\.:/', $ns)){
-            if (getNS(getID())) {
-                $ns = getNS($ID) . ltrim($ns, ".");
-            } else {
-                $ns = ltrim($ns, ".:");
-            }
-        }
         else $ns = cleanID($ns);
 
         return array($ns, $flags, $refine, $pos);
diff --git a/syntax/blog.php b/syntax/blog.php
index 325b1c2..4311330 100644
--- a/syntax/blog.php
+++ b/syntax/blog.php
@@ -49,13 +49,6 @@ function handle($match, $state, $pos, Doku_Handler $handler) {
         if ($ns == '') $ns = cleanID($this->getConf('namespace'));
         elseif (($ns == '*') || ($ns == ':')) $ns = '';
         elseif ($ns == '.') $ns = getNS($ID);
-        elseif (preg_match('/^\.:/', $ns)){
-            if (getNS(getID())) {
-                $ns = getNS($ID) . ltrim($ns, ".");
-            } else {
-                $ns = ltrim($ns, ".:");
-            }
-        }
         else $ns = cleanID($ns);
 
         return array($ns, $num, $flags, $refine);