diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1698.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1698.py
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+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1698.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ['test@example.com', 'john.doe@example.co.uk'])
+def test_issue1698(en_tokenizer, text):
+    doc = en_tokenizer(text)
+    assert len(doc) == 1
+    assert not doc[0].like_url