diff --git a/ghost/admin/templates/settings/users/user.hbs b/ghost/admin/templates/settings/users/user.hbs
index a453047b04..12a293f4fa 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/templates/settings/users/user.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/templates/settings/users/user.hbs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
             <div class="form-group">
                 <label for="user-website">Website</label>
-                {{input type="url" value=user.website id="user-website" placeholder="http://www.ghost.org/" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off"}}
+                {{input type="url" value=user.website id="user-website" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off"}}
                 <p>Have a website or blog other than this one? Link it!</p>
             </div>