Email to admin for new registration

In ES2, when a new user registers, the admin is notified by email. However, the profile link included in the email goes to the profile view in the backend, not the front. This is a change from ES 1.4; was it intentional?

Is there any way to revert to the front end link instead? Perhaps with an override? The template seems to use:

<?php echo $profileLink;?>

Jordan