diff --git a/scripts/assemble_changelog.py b/scripts/assemble_changelog.py
index e8a1c2179..0428dddb3 100755
--- a/scripts/assemble_changelog.py
+++ b/scripts/assemble_changelog.py
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ class ChangeLog:
     # a version that is not yet released. Something like "3.1a" is accepted.
     _version_number_re = re.compile(br'[0-9]+\.[0-9A-Za-z.]+')
     _incomplete_version_number_re = re.compile(br'.*\.[A-Za-z]')
-    _only_url_re = re.compile(br'^\s*\w+://\S+\s*$')
-    _has_url_re = re.compile(br'.*://.*')
 
     def add_categories_from_text(self, filename, line_offset,
                                  text, allow_unknown_category):
@@ -221,12 +219,14 @@ class ChangeLog:
                                        category.name.decode('utf8'))
 
             body_split = category.body.splitlines()
+            _only_url_re = re.compile(br'^\s*\w+://\S+\s*$')
+            _has_url_re = re.compile(br'.*://.*')
             for line_number, line in enumerate(body_split, 1):
-                if not self.__class__._only_url_re.match(line) and \
+                if not _only_url_re.match(line) and \
                    len(line) > MAX_LINE_LENGTH:
                     long_url_msg = '. URL exceeding length limit must be ' \
-                        'alone in it\'s line.' if \
-                        self.__class__._has_url_re.match(line) else ""
+                        'alone in it\'s line.' if _has_url_re.match(line)  \
+                        else ""
                     raise InputFormatError(filename,
                                            category.body_line + line_number,
                                            'Line is longer than allowed: '