diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 9528bb80..21306630 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 !.lounge_home
 
 # Ignore client folder as it's being built into public/ folder
-# except for the findLinks.js file which is used by the server
+# except for the specified files which are used by the server
 client/**
 !client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/findLinks.js
+!client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
 
 public/js/bundle.vendor.js.map
 coverage/
diff --git a/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js b/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5bacde9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"use strict";
+
+// TODO: This does not strip hex based colours - issue #1413
+module.exports = (message) => message.replace(/\x02|\x1D|\x1F|\x16|\x0F|\x03(?:[0-9]{1,2}(?:,[0-9]{1,2})?)?/g, "").trim();
diff --git a/client/js/socket-events/msg.js b/client/js/socket-events/msg.js
index 2ba35cec..585dc7ef 100644
--- a/client/js/socket-events/msg.js
+++ b/client/js/socket-events/msg.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const render = require("../render");
 const utils = require("../utils");
 const options = require("../options");
 const helpers_roundBadgeNumber = require("../libs/handlebars/roundBadgeNumber");
+const cleanIrcMessage = require("../libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage");
 const webpush = require("../webpush");
 const chat = $("#chat");
 const sidebar = $("#sidebar");
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ function notifyMessage(targetId, channel, msg) {
 					if (msg.type === "message") {
 						title += " says:";
 					}
-					body = msg.text.replace(/\x03(?:[0-9]{1,2}(?:,[0-9]{1,2})?)?|[\x00-\x1F]|\x7F/g, "").trim();
+					body = cleanIrcMessage(msg.text);
 				}
 
 				try {
diff --git a/src/helper.js b/src/helper.js
index a9ba455a..1f44d81e 100644
--- a/src/helper.js
+++ b/src/helper.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ var Helper = {
 	getVersion: getVersion,
 	getGitCommit: getGitCommit,
 	ip2hex: ip2hex,
-	cleanIrcMessage: cleanIrcMessage,
 
 	password: {
 		hash: passwordHash,
@@ -140,11 +139,6 @@ function expandHome(shortenedPath) {
 	return path.resolve(shortenedPath.replace(/^~($|\/|\\)/, home + "$1"));
 }
 
-function cleanIrcMessage(message) {
-	// TODO: This does not strip hex based colours
-	return message.replace(/\x02|\x1D|\x1F|\x16|\x0F|\x03(?:[0-9]{1,2}(?:,[0-9]{1,2})?)?/g, "");
-}
-
 function passwordRequiresUpdate(password) {
 	return bcrypt.getRounds(password) !== 11;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js b/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
index 1eba9dde..d82a425a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
+++ b/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const cheerio = require("cheerio");
 const request = require("request");
 const url = require("url");
 const Helper = require("../../helper");
+const cleanIrcMessage = require("../../../client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage");
 const findLinks = require("../../../client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/findLinks");
 const storage = require("../storage");
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function(client, chan, msg) {
 	}
 
 	// Remove all IRC formatting characters before searching for links
-	const cleanText = Helper.cleanIrcMessage(msg.text);
+	const cleanText = cleanIrcMessage(msg.text);
 
 	// We will only try to prefetch http(s) links
 	const links = findLinks(cleanText).filter((w) => /^https?:\/\//.test(w.link));
diff --git a/src/plugins/irc-events/message.js b/src/plugins/irc-events/message.js
index a078e28b..3fed76d0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc-events/message.js
+++ b/src/plugins/irc-events/message.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const Chan = require("../../models/chan");
 const Msg = require("../../models/msg");
 const LinkPrefetch = require("./link");
-const Helper = require("../../helper");
+const cleanIrcMessage = require("../../../client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage");
 
 module.exports = function(irc, network) {
 	const client = this;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ module.exports = function(irc, network) {
 		// Do not send notifications for messages older than 15 minutes (znc buffer for example)
 		if (highlight && (!data.time || data.time > Date.now() - 900000)) {
 			let title = chan.name;
-			let body = Helper.cleanIrcMessage(data.message);
+			let body = cleanIrcMessage(data.message);
 
 			// In channels, prepend sender nickname to the message
 			if (chan.type !== Chan.Type.QUERY) {
diff --git a/test/tests/cleanircmessages.js b/test/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
similarity index 81%
rename from test/tests/cleanircmessages.js
rename to test/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
index 8a3d0dcb..4bca4132 100644
--- a/test/tests/cleanircmessages.js
+++ b/test/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const expect = require("chai").expect;
-const Helper = require("../../src/helper");
+const cleanIrcMessage = require("../../../../../../client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage");
 
-describe("Clean IRC messages", function() {
+describe("cleanIrcMessage", function() {
 	it("should remove all formatting", function() {
 		const testCases = [{
 			input: "\x0303",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe("Clean IRC messages", function() {
 			expected: "#thelounge",
 		}];
 
-		const actual = testCases.map((testCase) => Helper.cleanIrcMessage(testCase.input));
+		const actual = testCases.map((testCase) => cleanIrcMessage(testCase.input));
 		const expected = testCases.map((testCase) => testCase.expected);
 
 		expect(actual).to.deep.equal(expected);