diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index edc4a108..5205ad12 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -1577,6 +1577,10 @@ include_in_freefromtags:freeformtags
 include_in_chapterstotal:chapterslashtotal.NOREPL
 add_to_replace_metadata:
  chapterstotal=>^([0-9])+/(.+)$=>\2
+ 
+ ## Due to a bug with Archive of Our Own, the 
+ ## link to orphan_account just leads to a 404 page.
+ ## authorUrl=>(/users/orphan_account)/pseuds/.*$=>\1
 
 ## adds to titlepage_entries instead of replacing it.
 #extra_titlepage_entries: fandoms,freeformtags,ao3categories,comments,chapterslashtotal,chapterstotal,kudos,hits,bookmarks,bookmarked,bookmarktags,bookmarksummary,series01HTML,series02HTML,series03HTML,byline
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 70733afc..90575d5d 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -1581,6 +1581,10 @@ include_in_freefromtags:freeformtags
 include_in_chapterstotal:chapterslashtotal.NOREPL
 add_to_replace_metadata:
  chapterstotal=>^([0-9])+/(.+)$=>\2
+ 
+ ## Due to a bug with Archive of Our Own, the 
+ ## link to orphan_account just leads to a 404 page.
+ ## authorUrl=>(/users/orphan_account)/pseuds/.*$=>\1
 
 ## adds to titlepage_entries instead of replacing it.
 #extra_titlepage_entries: fandoms,freeformtags,ao3categories,comments,chapterslashtotal,chapterstotal,kudos,hits,bookmarks,bookmarked,bookmarktags,bookmarksummary,series01HTML,series02HTML,series03HTML,byline