Remove link from titles on front page

Possible solution:

As referenced in http://drupal.org/node/317018, I changed node.tpl.php:

Replace:

  <?php if (!$page): ?>
    <h2 class='node-title'>
      <?php print $title ?>
    </h2>
  <?php endif ?>

With:

  <?php if (!$page): ?>
  <?php // Remove links from titles on front page
  $link_pattern = "/<a[^>]*>(.*)<\/a>/iU";
  $title = preg_replace($link_pattern, "$1", $title);
  ?>  
    <h2 class='node-title'>
      <?php print $title ?>
    </h2>
  <?php endif ?>

Is there a better way?

rnsi.