diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.test.ts
index 1e19fb3e997902..ba17bc99c16e77 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.test.ts
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ describe('ML - custom URL utils', () => {
       const urlConfig = {
         url_name: 'Hosts Overview by process name',
         url_value:
-          "security/hosts/ml-hosts?_g=()&query=(query:'process.name%20:%20%22$process.name$%22',language:kuery)&timerange=(global:(linkTo:!(timeline),timerange:(from:'$earliest$',kind:absolute,to:'$latest$')),timeline:(linkTo:!(global),timerange:(from:'$earliest$',kind:absolute,to:'$latest$')))",
+          "security/hosts/ml-hosts/$host.name$?_g=()&query=(query:'process.name%20:%20%22$process.name$%22',language:kuery)&timerange=(global:(linkTo:!(timeline),timerange:(from:'$earliest$',kind:absolute,to:'$latest$')),timeline:(linkTo:!(global),timerange:(from:'$earliest$',kind:absolute,to:'$latest$')))",
       };
 
       const testRecords = {
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ describe('ML - custom URL utils', () => {
       };
 
       expect(getUrlForRecord(urlConfig, testRecords)).toBe(
-        "security/hosts/ml-hosts?_g=()&query=(language:kuery,query:'process.name:\"seq\"')&timerange=(global:(linkTo:!(timeline),timerange:(from:'2019-02-01T16:00:00.000Z',kind:absolute,to:'2019-02-01T18:59:59.999Z')),timeline:(linkTo:!(global),timerange:(from:'2019-02-01T16%3A00%3A00.000Z',kind:absolute,to:'2019-02-01T18%3A59%3A59.999Z')))"
+        "security/hosts/ml-hosts/showcase?_g=()&query=(language:kuery,query:'process.name:\"seq\"')&timerange=(global:(linkTo:!(timeline),timerange:(from:'2019-02-01T16:00:00.000Z',kind:absolute,to:'2019-02-01T18:59:59.999Z')),timeline:(linkTo:!(global),timerange:(from:'2019-02-01T16%3A00%3A00.000Z',kind:absolute,to:'2019-02-01T18%3A59%3A59.999Z')))"
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.ts
index 4f8e27993c878a..18ba1e4ee337bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/util/custom_url_utils.ts
@@ -203,11 +203,7 @@ function buildKibanaUrl(urlConfig: UrlConfig, record: CustomUrlAnomalyRecordDoc)
     ? escapeForElasticsearchQuery
     : escapeForKQL;
 
-  const commonEscapeCallback = flow(
-    // Kibana URLs used rison encoding, so escape with ! any ! or ' characters
-    (v: string): string => v.replace(/[!']/g, '!$&'),
-    encodeURIComponent
-  );
+  const commonEscapeCallback = flow(encodeURIComponent);
 
   const replaceSingleTokenValues = (str: string) => {
     const getResultTokenValue: GetResultTokenValue = flow(