diff --git a/client/src/components/formHelpers/Form.js b/client/src/components/formHelpers/Form.js
index 809ddfc6d2..2965db9e72 100644
--- a/client/src/components/formHelpers/Form.js
+++ b/client/src/components/formHelpers/Form.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const propTypes = {
   initialValues: PropTypes.object,
   options: PropTypes.shape({
     ignored: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string),
+    isEditorLinkAllowed: PropTypes.bool,
     required: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string),
     types: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.string)
   }),
diff --git a/client/src/components/formHelpers/FormFields.js b/client/src/components/formHelpers/FormFields.js
index c249b456e1..83d1d20357 100644
--- a/client/src/components/formHelpers/FormFields.js
+++ b/client/src/components/formHelpers/FormFields.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const propTypes = {
   ).isRequired,
   options: PropTypes.shape({
     ignored: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string),
+    isEditorLinkAllowed: PropTypes.bool,
     placeholders: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.string),
     required: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string),
     types: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.string)
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ function FormFields(props) {
     ignored = [],
     placeholders = {},
     required = [],
-    types = {}
+    types = {},
+    isEditorLinkAllowed = false
   } = options;
 
   const nullOrWarning = (value, error, isURL, name) => {
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ function FormFields(props) {
       }
     }
     const validationWarning = composeValidators(
-      name === 'githubLink' ? null : editorValidator,
+      name === 'githubLink' || isEditorLinkAllowed ? null : editorValidator,
       localhostValidator
     )(value);
     const message = error || validationError || validationWarning;
diff --git a/client/src/components/formHelpers/index.js b/client/src/components/formHelpers/index.js
index 0d274a7612..e12593a309 100644
--- a/client/src/components/formHelpers/index.js
+++ b/client/src/components/formHelpers/index.js
@@ -15,17 +15,18 @@ const normalizeOptions = {
 };
 
 export function formatUrlValues(values, options) {
+  const { isEditorLinkAllowed, types } = options;
   const validatedValues = { values: {}, errors: [], invalidValues: [] };
   const urlValues = Object.keys(values).reduce((result, key) => {
     let value = values[key];
     const nullOrWarning = composeValidators(
       localhostValidator,
-      key === 'githubLink' ? null : editorValidator
+      key === 'githubLink' || isEditorLinkAllowed ? null : editorValidator
     )(value);
     if (nullOrWarning) {
       validatedValues.invalidValues.push(nullOrWarning);
     }
-    if (value && options.types[key] === 'url') {
+    if (value && types[key] === 'url') {
       try {
         value = normalizeUrl(value, normalizeOptions);
       } catch (err) {
diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/projects/SolutionForm.js b/client/src/templates/Challenges/projects/SolutionForm.js
index baed7034ab..a413fda5b7 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/projects/SolutionForm.js
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/projects/SolutionForm.js
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ export class SolutionForm extends Component {
         solution: 'url',
         githubLink: 'url'
       },
-      required: ['solution']
+      required: ['solution'],
+      isEditorLinkAllowed: false
     };
 
     const buttonCopy = isSubmitting
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export class SolutionForm extends Component {
 
       case pythonProject:
         formFields = solutionField;
+        options.isEditorLinkAllowed = true;
         solutionLink =
           solutionLink +
           (description.includes('Colaboratory')