diff --git a/app/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag.rb b/app/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag.rb
index ce37bac5b..ce9768d9f 100644
--- a/app/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag.rb
+++ b/app/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag.rb
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ class SoundcloudTag < LiquidTagBase
   end
 
   def valid_link?(link)
-    link.include?("soundcloud.com")
+    (link =~ /\Ahttps:\/\/soundcloud\.com\/([a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]){3,25}\/(sets\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]){3,255}\Z/)&.
+      zero?
   end
 
   def raise_error
-    raise StandardError, "Invalid Soundcloud URL"
+    raise StandardError, "Invalid Soundcloud URL - try taking off any URL params: '?something=value'"
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag_spec.rb b/spec/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag_spec.rb
index 8ed5a8816..a1eb3df4c 100644
--- a/spec/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/liquid_tags/soundcloud_tag_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require "nokogiri"
 RSpec.describe SoundcloudTag, type: :liquid_template do
   describe "#link" do
     let(:soundcloud_link) { "https://soundcloud.com/user-261265215/dev-to-review-episode-2" }
-    let(:evil_string) { "<SCRIPT SRC=//xss.rocks/.j>soundcloud.com</SCRIPT>" }
     let(:url_segment) { "https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url" }
 
     def generate_new_liquid(link)
@@ -29,15 +28,5 @@ RSpec.describe SoundcloudTag, type: :liquid_template do
         generate_new_liquid("invalid_soundcloud_link")
       end.to raise_error(StandardError)
     end
-
-    it "strips script input" do
-      allow(ActionController::Base.helpers).to receive(:strip_tags).and_return(evil_string)
-
-      liquid = generate_new_liquid(evil_string)
-      rendered_soundcloud_iframe = liquid.render
-      iframe_src = extract_iframe_src(rendered_soundcloud_iframe)
-
-      expect(iframe_src[url_segment]).not_to include("<SCRIPT SRC=//xss.rocks/.j>")
-    end
   end
 end