diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 16522d472..7dd7e0774 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1496,3 +1496,5 @@
 - #0003147 reported by vonitsanet, fixed by djGrrr regarding making
   spamfilters work in case of /setname
 - Added oper CIDR
+- #0001317 reported by thilo regarding removal of (username) being
+  appended to topics set by U:Lined servers.
diff --git a/src/modules/m_topic.c b/src/modules/m_topic.c
index 01ed095ac..ccf69100e 100644
--- a/src/modules/m_topic.c
+++ b/src/modules/m_topic.c
@@ -224,9 +224,8 @@ long flags = 0; /* cache: membership flags */
 				    chptr->chname, chptr->topic_nick,
 				    chptr->topic_time, chptr->topic);
 				sendto_channel_butserv(chptr, sptr,
-				    ":%s TOPIC %s :%s (%s)", parv[0],
-				    chptr->chname, chptr->topic,
-				    chptr->topic_nick);
+				    ":%s TOPIC %s :%s", parv[0],
+				    chptr->chname, chptr->topic);
 			}
 		}
 		else if (((chptr->mode.mode & MODE_TOPICLIMIT) == 0 ||