diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 696e94ae..8d4cbc9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ also specify classes on headers now
 - Make `ignored_content` work with nested paths and directories
 - `zola serve/build` can now run from anywhere in a zola directory
 - Add XML support to `load_data`
+- `skip_prefixes` is now checked before parsing external link URLs
 
 ## 0.15.3 (2022-01-23)
 
diff --git a/components/content/src/lib.rs b/components/content/src/lib.rs
index 661b365c..6789c43a 100644
--- a/components/content/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/content/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ pub use pagination::Paginator;
 pub use section::Section;
 pub use taxonomies::{Taxonomy, TaxonomyItem};
 pub use types::*;
-
-// TODO
-// 3. add more tests
diff --git a/components/utils/src/site.rs b/components/utils/src/site.rs
index 26d4cad4..d09e8833 100644
--- a/components/utils/src/site.rs
+++ b/components/utils/src/site.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 use libs::percent_encoding::percent_decode;
-use libs::unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::hash::BuildHasher;
 
 use errors::{anyhow, Result};
 
-// TODO: move to content
-/// Get word count and estimated reading time
-pub fn get_reading_analytics(content: &str) -> (usize, usize) {
-    let word_count: usize = content.unicode_words().count();
-
-    // https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/214991667-Read-time
-    // 275 seems a bit too high though
-    (word_count, ((word_count + 199) / 200))
-}
 
 /// Result of a successful resolution of an internal link.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
@@ -58,7 +48,7 @@ pub fn resolve_internal_link<S: BuildHasher>(
 mod tests {
     use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-    use super::{get_reading_analytics, resolve_internal_link};
+    use super::{resolve_internal_link};
 
     #[test]
     fn can_resolve_valid_internal_link() {
@@ -104,29 +94,4 @@ mod tests {
         let res = resolve_internal_link("@/pages/about.md#hello", &HashMap::new());
         assert!(res.is_err());
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn reading_analytics_empty_text() {
-        let (word_count, reading_time) = get_reading_analytics("  ");
-        assert_eq!(word_count, 0);
-        assert_eq!(reading_time, 0);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn reading_analytics_short_text() {
-        let (word_count, reading_time) = get_reading_analytics("Hello World");
-        assert_eq!(word_count, 2);
-        assert_eq!(reading_time, 1);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn reading_analytics_long_text() {
-        let mut content = String::new();
-        for _ in 0..1000 {
-            content.push_str(" Hello world");
-        }
-        let (word_count, reading_time) = get_reading_analytics(&content);
-        assert_eq!(word_count, 2000);
-        assert_eq!(reading_time, 10);
-    }
 }