diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index cdbe68a91..6237b8a0e 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1693,25 +1693,19 @@
       return g.callbacks.push(quoteBacklink.node);
     },
     node: function(root) {
-      var backlink, el, good, id, link, quote, _i, _j, _len, _len2, _ref, _ref2, _results;
+      var el, id, link, qid, quote, quotes, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
       id = $('td[id]', root).id;
+      quotes = {};
       _ref = $$('a.quotelink', root);
-      _results = [];
       for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
         quote = _ref[_i];
-        if (!(el = d.getElementById(quote.textContent.slice(2)))) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        good = 1;
-        _ref2 = $$('a.backlink', el);
-        for (_j = 0, _len2 = _ref2.length; _j < _len2; _j++) {
-          backlink = _ref2[_j];
-          if (backlink.textContent === '>>' + id) {
-            good = 0;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-        if (!good) {
+        qid = quote.textContent.slice(2);
+        quotes[qid] = quote;
+      }
+      _results = [];
+      for (qid in quotes) {
+        quote = quotes[qid];
+        if (!(el = d.getElementById(qid))) {
           continue;
         }
         link = $.el('a', {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 4fdf39755..dfb2cf7a2 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1352,14 +1352,13 @@ quoteBacklink =
     g.callbacks.push quoteBacklink.node
   node: (root) ->
     {id} = $ 'td[id]', root
+    quotes = {}
     for quote in $$ 'a.quotelink', root
-      continue unless el = d.getElementById quote.textContent[2..]
-      good = 1
-      for backlink in $$ 'a.backlink', el
-        if backlink.textContent is '>>'+id
-          good = 0
-          break
-      continue if not good
+      qid = quote.textContent[2..] #FIXME cross-board links
+      #duplicate quotes get overwritten
+      quotes[qid] = quote
+    for qid, quote of quotes
+      continue unless el = d.getElementById qid
       link = $.el 'a',
         href: '#'+id
         className: 'backlink'