diff --git a/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/__snapshots__/collect.e2e.test.ts.snap b/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/__snapshots__/collect.e2e.test.ts.snap
index 781181f86..045af4fe9 100644
--- a/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/__snapshots__/collect.e2e.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/__snapshots__/collect.e2e.test.ts.snap
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ exports[`PLUGIN collect report with axe-plugin NPM package > should run plugin o
           "details": {
             "issues": [
               {
-                "message": "[\`body > button\`] Fix any of the following: Element does not have inner text that is visible to screen readers aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty Element has no title attribute Element does not have an implicit (wrapped) <label> Element does not have an explicit <label> Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation" ([/<TEST_DIR>/index.html](file:///<TEST_DIR>/index.html))",
+                "message": "[\`body > button\`] Fix any of the following: Element does not have inner text that is visible to screen readers aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty Element has no title attribute Element does not have an implicit (wrapped) <label> Element does not have an explicit <label> Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation"",
                 "severity": "error",
               },
             ],
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ exports[`PLUGIN collect report with axe-plugin NPM package > should run plugin o
           "details": {
             "issues": [
               {
-                "message": "[\`.low-contrast\`] Fix any of the following: Element has insufficient color contrast of 1.57 (foreground color: #777777, background color: #999999, font size: 12.0pt (16px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 4.5:1 ([/<TEST_DIR>/index.html](file:///<TEST_DIR>/index.html))",
+                "message": "[\`.low-contrast\`] Fix any of the following: Element has insufficient color contrast of 1.57 (foreground color: #777777, background color: #999999, font size: 12.0pt (16px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 4.5:1",
                 "severity": "error",
               },
             ],
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ exports[`PLUGIN collect report with axe-plugin NPM package > should run plugin o
           "details": {
             "issues": [
               {
-                "message": "[\`div[role="button"]\`] Fix any of the following: Invalid ARIA attribute name: aria-invalid-attribute ([/<TEST_DIR>/index.html](file:///<TEST_DIR>/index.html))",
+                "message": "[\`div[role="button"]\`] Fix any of the following: Invalid ARIA attribute name: aria-invalid-attribute",
                 "severity": "error",
               },
             ],
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ exports[`PLUGIN collect report with axe-plugin NPM package > should run plugin o
           "details": {
             "issues": [
               {
-                "message": "[\`img\`] Fix any of the following: Element does not have an alt attribute aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty Element has no title attribute Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation" ([/<TEST_DIR>/index.html](file:///<TEST_DIR>/index.html))",
+                "message": "[\`img\`] Fix any of the following: Element does not have an alt attribute aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty Element has no title attribute Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation"",
                 "severity": "error",
               },
             ],
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ exports[`PLUGIN collect report with axe-plugin NPM package > should run plugin o
           "details": {
             "issues": [
               {
-                "message": "[\`a\`] Fix all of the following: Element is in tab order and does not have accessible text Fix any of the following: Element does not have text that is visible to screen readers aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty Element has no title attribute ([/<TEST_DIR>/index.html](file:///<TEST_DIR>/index.html))",
+                "message": "[\`a\`] Fix all of the following: Element is in tab order and does not have accessible text Fix any of the following: Element does not have text that is visible to screen readers aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty Element has no title attribute",
                 "severity": "error",
               },
             ],
diff --git a/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/collect.e2e.test.ts b/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/collect.e2e.test.ts
index 2d663c1d7..0ec5438b1 100644
--- a/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/collect.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/plugin-axe-e2e/tests/collect.e2e.test.ts
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ import {
 } from '@code-pushup/test-utils';
 import { executeProcess, readJsonFile } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 
-function sanitizeReportPaths(report: Report): Report {
-  // Convert to JSON, replace paths, and parse back
-  const reportJson = JSON.stringify(report);
-  const sanitized = reportJson.replace(
-    /\/(?:[^/\s"]+\/)+index\.html/g,
-    '/<TEST_DIR>/index.html',
-  );
-  return JSON.parse(sanitized);
-}
-
 describe('PLUGIN collect report with axe-plugin NPM package', () => {
   const testFileDir = path.join(
     E2E_ENVIRONMENTS_DIR,
@@ -53,8 +43,6 @@ describe('PLUGIN collect report with axe-plugin NPM package', () => {
     );
 
     expect(() => reportSchema.parse(report)).not.toThrow();
-    expect(
-      omitVariableReportData(sanitizeReportPaths(report)),
-    ).toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(omitVariableReportData(report)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/run-axe.ts b/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/run-axe.ts
index 3e53fe3e0..1eccdc2cf 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/run-axe.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/run-axe.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   logger,
   pluralizeToken,
 } from '@code-pushup/utils';
-import { toAuditOutputs } from './transform.js';
+import { createUrlSuffix, toAuditOutputs } from './transform.js';
 
 /* eslint-disable functional/no-let */
 let browser: Browser | undefined;
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ export async function runAxeForUrl(args: AxeUrlArgs): Promise<AxeUrlResult> {
       const page = await context.newPage();
       try {
         const axeResults = await runAxeForPage(page, args);
-        const auditOutputs = toAuditOutputs(axeResults, url);
+        const auditOutputs = toAuditOutputs(
+          axeResults,
+          createUrlSuffix(url, urlsCount),
+        );
         return {
           message: `${prefix} Analyzed URL ${url}`,
           result: { url, axeResults, auditOutputs },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.ts b/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.ts
index 017d532b8..02b4977eb 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,24 @@ import {
  */
 export function toAuditOutputs(
   { passes, violations, incomplete, inapplicable }: axe.AxeResults,
-  url: string,
+  urlSuffix: string,
 ): AuditOutputs {
-  const auditMap = new Map<string, AuditOutput>([
-    ...inapplicable.map(res => [res.id, toAuditOutput(res, url, 1)] as const),
-    ...passes.map(res => [res.id, toAuditOutput(res, url, 1)] as const),
-    ...incomplete.map(res => [res.id, toAuditOutput(res, url, 0)] as const),
-    ...violations.map(res => [res.id, toAuditOutput(res, url, 0)] as const),
-  ]);
+  const toEntries = (results: axe.Result[], score: number) =>
+    results.map(res => [res.id, toAuditOutput(res, urlSuffix, score)] as const);
 
-  return [...auditMap.values()];
+  return [
+    ...new Map<string, AuditOutput>([
+      ...toEntries(inapplicable, 1),
+      ...toEntries(passes, 1),
+      ...toEntries(incomplete, 0),
+      ...toEntries(violations, 0),
+    ]).values(),
+  ];
+}
+
+/** Creates a URL suffix for issue messages, only included when analyzing multiple URLs. */
+export function createUrlSuffix(url: string, urlsCount: number): string {
+  return urlsCount > 1 ? ` ([${getUrlIdentifier(url)}](${url}))` : '';
 }
 
 /**
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ export function toAuditOutputs(
  */
 function toAuditOutput(
   result: axe.Result,
-  url: string,
+  urlSuffix: string,
   score: number,
 ): AuditOutput {
   const base = {
@@ -46,7 +54,7 @@ function toAuditOutput(
   };
 
   if (score === 0 && result.nodes.length > 0) {
-    const issues = result.nodes.map(node => toIssue(node, result, url));
+    const issues = result.nodes.map(node => toIssue(node, result, urlSuffix));
 
     return {
       ...base,
@@ -68,15 +76,19 @@ function formatSelector(selector: axe.CrossTreeSelector): string {
   return selector.join(' >> ');
 }
 
-function toIssue(node: axe.NodeResult, result: axe.Result, url: string): Issue {
+function toIssue(
+  node: axe.NodeResult,
+  result: axe.Result,
+  urlSuffix: string,
+): Issue {
   const selector = formatSelector(node.target?.[0] || node.html);
   const rawMessage = node.failureSummary || result.help;
   const cleanedMessage = rawMessage.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
 
-  const message = `[\`${selector}\`] ${cleanedMessage} ([${getUrlIdentifier(url)}](${url}))`;
-
   return {
-    message: truncateIssueMessage(message),
+    message: truncateIssueMessage(
+      `[\`${selector}\`] ${cleanedMessage}${urlSuffix}`,
+    ),
     severity: impactToSeverity(node.impact),
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.unit.test.ts b/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.unit.test.ts
index 39f83e274..61eb32e67 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-axe/src/lib/runner/transform.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { AxeResults, NodeResult, Result } from 'axe-core';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import type { AuditOutput } from '@code-pushup/models';
-import { toAuditOutputs } from './transform.js';
+import { createUrlSuffix, toAuditOutputs } from './transform.js';
 
 function createMockNode(overrides: Partial<NodeResult> = {}): NodeResult {
   return {
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ function createMockAxeResults(overrides: Partial<AxeResults> = {}): AxeResults {
 }
 
 describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
-  const testUrl = 'https://example.com';
-
   it('should transform passes with score 1 and no issues', () => {
     const results = createMockAxeResults({
       passes: [
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl)).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
+    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, '')).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
       {
         slug: 'color-contrast',
         score: 1,
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl)).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
+    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, '')).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
       {
         slug: 'image-alt',
         score: 0,
@@ -91,17 +89,16 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
           issues: [
             {
               message:
-                '[`img`] Fix this: Element does not have an alt attribute ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+                '[`img`] Fix this: Element does not have an alt attribute',
               severity: 'error',
             },
             {
               message:
-                '[`.header > img:nth-child(2)`] Fix this: Element does not have an alt attribute ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+                '[`.header > img:nth-child(2)`] Fix this: Element does not have an alt attribute',
               severity: 'error',
             },
             {
-              message:
-                '[`#main img`] Mock help for image-alt ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+              message: '[`#main img`] Mock help for image-alt',
               severity: 'error',
             },
           ],
@@ -130,7 +127,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl)).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
+    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, '')).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
       {
         slug: 'color-contrast',
         score: 0,
@@ -140,12 +137,11 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
           issues: [
             {
               message:
-                '[`button`] Fix this: Element has insufficient color contrast ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+                '[`button`] Fix this: Element has insufficient color contrast',
               severity: 'warning',
             },
             {
-              message:
-                '[`a`] Review: Unable to determine contrast ratio ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+              message: '[`a`] Review: Unable to determine contrast ratio',
               severity: 'warning',
             },
           ],
@@ -159,7 +155,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       inapplicable: [createMockResult('audio-caption', [])],
     });
 
-    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl)).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
+    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, '')).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
       {
         slug: 'audio-caption',
         score: 1,
@@ -192,7 +188,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    const outputs = toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl);
+    const outputs = toAuditOutputs(results, '');
 
     expect(outputs).toBeArrayOfSize(1);
     expect(outputs[0]).toMatchObject({
@@ -204,7 +200,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
   });
 
   it('should handle empty results', () => {
-    expect(toAuditOutputs(createMockAxeResults(), testUrl)).toBeEmpty();
+    expect(toAuditOutputs(createMockAxeResults(), '')).toBeEmpty();
   });
 
   it('should format severity counts when multiple impacts exist', () => {
@@ -219,7 +215,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    const outputs = toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl);
+    const outputs = toAuditOutputs(results, '');
 
     expect(outputs[0]).toMatchObject({
       slug: 'color-contrast',
@@ -243,7 +239,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl)).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
+    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, '')).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
       {
         slug: 'color-contrast',
         score: 0,
@@ -253,7 +249,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
           issues: [
             {
               message:
-                '[`#app >> my-component >> button`] Fix this: Element has insufficient color contrast ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+                '[`#app >> my-component >> button`] Fix this: Element has insufficient color contrast',
               severity: 'error',
             },
           ],
@@ -277,7 +273,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, testUrl)).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
+    expect(toAuditOutputs(results, '')).toEqual<AuditOutput[]>([
       {
         slug: 'aria-roles',
         score: 0,
@@ -287,7 +283,7 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
           issues: [
             {
               message:
-                '[`<div role="invalid-role">Content</div>`] Fix this: Ensure all values assigned to role="" correspond to valid ARIA roles ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+                '[`<div role="invalid-role">Content</div>`] Fix this: Ensure all values assigned to role="" correspond to valid ARIA roles',
               severity: 'error',
             },
           ],
@@ -296,3 +292,15 @@ describe('toAuditOutputs', () => {
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+describe('createUrlSuffix', () => {
+  it('should return empty string for single URL', () => {
+    expect(createUrlSuffix('https://example.com', 1)).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('should return formatted suffix for multiple URLs', () => {
+    expect(createUrlSuffix('https://example.com', 2)).toBe(
+      ' ([example.com](https://example.com))',
+    );
+  });
+});