diff --git a/_plugins/sitemap_generator.rb b/_plugins/sitemap_generator.rb
index 4b6abf0250bf7d60a751961b9e6ad0c99f999f6e..1e319f7ff4387cdb38d5a0557b966985d7d0c9a7 100644
--- a/_plugins/sitemap_generator.rb
+++ b/_plugins/sitemap_generator.rb
@@ -198,7 +198,9 @@ module Jekyll
     def fill_location(site, page_or_post)
       loc = REXML::Element.new "loc"
       url = site.config['url'] + site.config['baseurl']
-      loc.text = page_or_post.location_on_server(url)
+
+      # the Monero site is served "extensionless", so lose the extensions
+      loc.text = page_or_post.location_on_server(url).gsub('.html', '').gsub('.php', '')
 
       loc
     end