Index: wp-includes/comment-template.php
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--- wp-includes/comment-template.php	(revision 18104)
+++ wp-includes/comment-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -997,11 +997,7 @@
 		echo $home . '/' . $wpcommentspopupfile . '?comments_popup=' . $id;
 		echo '" onclick="wpopen(this.href); return false"';
 	} else { // if comments_popup_script() is not in the template, display simple comment link
-		if ( 0 == $number )
-			echo get_permalink() . '#respond';
-		else
-			comments_link();
-		echo '"';
+		echo get_comments_link(), '"';
 	}
 
 	if ( !empty( $css_class ) ) {