diff --git a/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.test.ts b/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.test.ts
index e3e870cf19..2a1ed52079 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe("parsePullRequestReference", () => {
   });
 
   it("accepts #number references", () => {
-    expect(parsePullRequestReference("#42")).toBe("#42");
+    expect(parsePullRequestReference("#42")).toBe("42");
   });
 
   it("accepts gh pr checkout commands with raw numbers", () => {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe("parsePullRequestReference", () => {
   });
 
   it("accepts gh pr checkout commands with #number references", () => {
-    expect(parsePullRequestReference("gh pr checkout #42")).toBe("#42");
+    expect(parsePullRequestReference("gh pr checkout #42")).toBe("42");
   });
 
   it("accepts gh pr checkout commands with GitHub pull request URLs", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.ts b/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.ts
index c775c1c66e..b033db7d21 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function parsePullRequestReference(input: string): string | null {
 
   const numberMatch = PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER_PATTERN.exec(normalizedInput);
   if (numberMatch?.[1]) {
-    return normalizedInput.startsWith("#") ? normalizedInput : numberMatch[1];
+    return numberMatch[1];
   }
 
   return null;