diff --git a/test/unit/lib/account-link.test.js b/test/unit/lib/account-link.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a37bdfcb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/account-link.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import getAccountLink from '../../../ui/lib/account-link'
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+describe('Account link', function () {
+  describe('getAccountLink', function () {
+    it('should return the correct block explorer url for an account', function () {
+      const tests = [
+        {
+          expected: 'https://etherscan.io/address/0xabcd',
+          network: 1,
+          address: '0xabcd',
+        },
+        {
+          expected: 'https://ropsten.etherscan.io/address/0xdef0',
+          network: 3,
+          address: '0xdef0',
+          rpcPrefs: {},
+        },
+        {
+          // test handling of `blockExplorerUrl` for a custom RPC
+          expected: 'https://block.explorer/address/0xabcd',
+          network: 31,
+          address: '0xabcd',
+          rpcPrefs: {
+            blockExplorerUrl: 'https://block.explorer',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          // test handling of trailing `/` in `blockExplorerUrl` for a custom RPC
+          expected: 'https://another.block.explorer/address/0xdef0',
+          network: 33,
+          address: '0xdef0',
+          rpcPrefs: {
+            blockExplorerUrl: 'https://another.block.explorer/',
+          },
+        },
+      ]
+
+      tests.forEach(({ expected, address, network, rpcPrefs }) => {
+        assert.equal(getAccountLink(address, network, rpcPrefs), expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
index 15877e055..ef16b2a71 100644
--- a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
+++ b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export function getStatusKey (transaction) {
  */
 export function getBlockExplorerUrlForTx (networkId, hash, rpcPrefs = {}) {
   if (rpcPrefs.blockExplorerUrl) {
-    return `${rpcPrefs.blockExplorerUrl}/tx/${hash}`
+    return `${rpcPrefs.blockExplorerUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '')}/tx/${hash}`
   }
   const prefix = prefixForNetwork(networkId)
   return `https://${prefix}etherscan.io/tx/${hash}`
diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.test.js b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.test.js
index c561abb95..ea8b637ff 100644
--- a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.test.js
+++ b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.test.js
@@ -54,4 +54,44 @@ describe('Transactions utils', function () {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('getBlockExplorerUrlForTx', function () {
+    it('should return the correct block explorer url for a transaction', function () {
+      const tests = [
+        {
+          expected: 'https://etherscan.io/tx/0xabcd',
+          networkId: 1,
+          hash: '0xabcd',
+        },
+        {
+          expected: 'https://ropsten.etherscan.io/tx/0xdef0',
+          networkId: 3,
+          hash: '0xdef0',
+          rpcPrefs: {},
+        },
+        {
+          // test handling of `blockExplorerUrl` for a custom RPC
+          expected: 'https://block.explorer/tx/0xabcd',
+          networkId: 31,
+          hash: '0xabcd',
+          rpcPrefs: {
+            blockExplorerUrl: 'https://block.explorer',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          // test handling of trailing `/` in `blockExplorerUrl` for a custom RPC
+          expected: 'https://another.block.explorer/tx/0xdef0',
+          networkId: 33,
+          hash: '0xdef0',
+          rpcPrefs: {
+            blockExplorerUrl: 'https://another.block.explorer/',
+          },
+        },
+      ]
+
+      tests.forEach(({ expected, networkId, hash, rpcPrefs }) => {
+        assert.equal(utils.getBlockExplorerUrlForTx(networkId, hash, rpcPrefs), expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/ui/lib/account-link.js b/ui/lib/account-link.js
index 39805e561..1f9ba293e 100644
--- a/ui/lib/account-link.js
+++ b/ui/lib/account-link.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export default function getAccountLink (address, network, rpcPrefs) {
   if (rpcPrefs && rpcPrefs.blockExplorerUrl) {
-    return `${rpcPrefs.blockExplorerUrl}/address/${address}`
+    return `${rpcPrefs.blockExplorerUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '')}/address/${address}`
   }
 
   const net = parseInt(network)