diff --git a/boards/views.py b/boards/views.py
--- a/boards/views.py
+++ b/boards/views.py
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def _remove_invalid_links(text):
         post_id = reply_number.group(1)
         post = Post.objects.filter(id=post_id)
         if not post.exists():
-            text = string.replace(text, '>>' + id, id)
+            text = string.replace(text, '>>' + post_id, post_id)
 
     return text