diff --git a/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit1.c b/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit1.c
index b7b1570088..eb0ec52deb 100644
--- a/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit1.c
+++ b/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit1.c
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ impl_webkit_show_data( GncHtml* self, const gchar* data, int datalen )
     fd = g_mkstemp( filename );
     impl_webkit_export_to_file( self, filename );
     close( fd );
-    uri = g_strdup_printf( "file:///%s", filename );
+    uri = g_strdup_printf( "file://%s", filename );
     g_free(filename);
     DEBUG("Loading uri '%s'", uri);
     webkit_web_view_load_uri( priv->web_view, uri );
diff --git a/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit2.c b/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit2.c
index a5ae409622..502032e677 100644
--- a/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit2.c
+++ b/gnucash/html/gnc-html-webkit2.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ impl_webkit_show_data( GncHtml* self, const gchar* data, int datalen )
      fd = g_mkstemp( filename );
      impl_webkit_export_to_file( self, filename );
      close( fd );
-     uri = g_strdup_printf( "file:///%s", filename );
+     uri = g_strdup_printf( "file://%s", filename );
      g_free(filename);
      DEBUG("Loading uri '%s'", uri);
      webkit_web_view_load_uri( priv->web_view, uri );