diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f4ffdac72ef1..0860535f265b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         "babel-polyfill": "^6.26.0",
         "dom-serializer": "^0.2.2",
         "domhandler": "^4.3.0",
-        "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#77b3790c00be80ec2d3ac3db59c24b9e3ad68eb0",
+        "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#68abe48ad71a98604fdbf5e8e960023ed5807ec2",
         "fbjs": "^3.0.2",
         "html-entities": "^1.3.1",
         "htmlparser2": "^7.2.0",
@@ -23520,8 +23520,8 @@
     },
     "node_modules/expensify-common": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#77b3790c00be80ec2d3ac3db59c24b9e3ad68eb0",
-      "integrity": "sha512-aQs6seGToCIxX5LhPH5wUwM4mLWuyp1LkykmJf1gqdHpSJZV1S/oEg/0N0JamF+in6mwxf/mldfIqEqXXIvK/A==",
+      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#68abe48ad71a98604fdbf5e8e960023ed5807ec2",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OhM2d7W++k0RVscwBpl0cvKXp3aZmflVawQ9Ebh2RBTdy98VZUwq2iZyCDISGNyETthqqsRq8vxy2lFQZZ19RA==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "classnames": "2.3.1",
@@ -57401,9 +57401,9 @@
       }
     },
     "expensify-common": {
-      "version": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#77b3790c00be80ec2d3ac3db59c24b9e3ad68eb0",
-      "integrity": "sha512-aQs6seGToCIxX5LhPH5wUwM4mLWuyp1LkykmJf1gqdHpSJZV1S/oEg/0N0JamF+in6mwxf/mldfIqEqXXIvK/A==",
-      "from": "expensify-common@git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#77b3790c00be80ec2d3ac3db59c24b9e3ad68eb0",
+      "version": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#68abe48ad71a98604fdbf5e8e960023ed5807ec2",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OhM2d7W++k0RVscwBpl0cvKXp3aZmflVawQ9Ebh2RBTdy98VZUwq2iZyCDISGNyETthqqsRq8vxy2lFQZZ19RA==",
+      "from": "expensify-common@git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#68abe48ad71a98604fdbf5e8e960023ed5807ec2",
       "requires": {
         "classnames": "2.3.1",
         "clipboard": "2.0.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9439c609a9e..1fefae74c945 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.26.0",
     "dom-serializer": "^0.2.2",
     "domhandler": "^4.3.0",
-    "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#77b3790c00be80ec2d3ac3db59c24b9e3ad68eb0",
+    "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#68abe48ad71a98604fdbf5e8e960023ed5807ec2",
     "fbjs": "^3.0.2",
     "html-entities": "^1.3.1",
     "htmlparser2": "^7.2.0",
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Report.js b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
index 42e3b3cfc1f4..fa3792cbe167 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Report.js
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
@@ -897,32 +897,6 @@ function deleteReportComment(reportID, reportAction) {
     API.write('DeleteComment', parameters, {optimisticData, successData, failureData});
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {String} comment
- * @returns {Array}
- */
-const extractLinksInMarkdownComment = (comment) => {
-    const regex = /\[[^[\]]*\]\(([^()]*)\)/gm;
-    const matches = [...comment.matchAll(regex)];
-
-    // Element 1 from match is the regex group if it exists which contains the link URLs
-    const links = _.map(matches, (match) => Str.sanitizeURL(match[1]));
-    return links;
-};
-
-/**
- * Compares two markdown comments and returns a list of the links removed in a new comment.
- *
- * @param {String} oldComment
- * @param {String} newComment
- * @returns {Array}
- */
-const getRemovedMarkdownLinks = (oldComment, newComment) => {
-    const linksInOld = extractLinksInMarkdownComment(oldComment);
-    const linksInNew = extractLinksInMarkdownComment(newComment);
-    return _.difference(linksInOld, linksInNew);
-};
-
 /**
  * Removes the links in html of a comment.
  * example:
@@ -958,7 +932,7 @@ const handleUserDeletedLinksInHtml = (newCommentText, originalHtml) => {
     }
     const markdownOriginalComment = parser.htmlToMarkdown(originalHtml).trim();
     const htmlForNewComment = parser.replace(newCommentText);
-    const removedLinks = getRemovedMarkdownLinks(markdownOriginalComment, newCommentText);
+    const removedLinks = parser.getRemovedMarkdownLinks(markdownOriginalComment, newCommentText);
     return removeLinksFromHtml(htmlForNewComment, removedLinks);
 };