diff -urd xfce4-terminal-0.4.8.orig/terminal/terminal-widget.c xfce4-terminal-0.4.8/terminal/terminal-widget.c
--- xfce4-terminal-0.4.8.orig/terminal/terminal-widget.c	2011-06-21 22:32:31.000000000 +0200
+++ xfce4-terminal-0.4.8/terminal/terminal-widget.c	2011-12-23 00:56:31.886603008 +0100
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
 
   if (event->button == 2 && event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS)
     {
+#if 0
       /* middle-clicking on an URI fires the responsible application */
       match = vte_terminal_match_check (VTE_TERMINAL (widget),
                                         event->x / VTE_TERMINAL (widget)->char_width,
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@
           g_free (match);
           return TRUE;
         }
+#endif
     }
   else if (event->button == 3 && event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS)
     {