1 files changed, 2 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/node.rb b/app/models/node.rb
index 5c28a786..f5b76b45 100644
--- a/app/models/node.rb
+++ b/app/models/node.rb
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ class Node < ApplicationRecord
             :inclusion   => { :in => ->(_) { Page.custom_templates } },
             :allow_blank => true,
             :if          => :default_template_name_changed?
-  validates :external_url, :format => { :with => %r{\Ahttps?://}i,
-                                        :allow_blank => true,
-                                        :message => :must_be_http }
 
   # Everything outside the Trash subtree, the Trash node included.
   # Relies on unique_name being authoritative for tree position --
@@ -260,6 +257,8 @@ class Node < ApplicationRecord
         self.slug = self.head.slug
       end
 
+      self.external_url = self.head.external_url
+
       if self.head.parent_node_id && self.head.parent_node_id != parent_id
         new_parent = Node.find_by(:id => self.head.parent_node_id)
 
@@ -604,23 +603,6 @@ class Node < ApplicationRecord
     self.created_at < new_id_format_date ? unique_path : id
   end
 
-  def update_external_url!(url, current_user = nil)
-    normalised = url.presence
-    return false if normalised == external_url
-
-    guard_live_change!(current_user)
-    previous = external_url
-
-    transaction do
-      update!(:external_url => normalised)
-      NodeAction.record!(:node => self, :user => current_user,
-                         :action => "node_external_url",
-                         :path => unique_name,
-                         :external_url => { "from" => previous, "to" => normalised })
-    end
-    true
-  end
-
   # Full-text search across all locale translations using PostgreSQL tsvector.
   # Uses 'simple' dictionary (no stemming, no stopwords) so queries work
   # across German and English content without language detection.