diff --git a/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_elements.rs b/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_elements.rs
index 827c11f0453817b00431a1f32db8c645aced4e86..d0bde48889143b8ab9f66d9dc2839ebabf7d3541 100644
--- a/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_elements.rs
+++ b/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_elements.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use gpui::{
-    DefiniteLength, FontStyle, FontWeight, HighlightStyle, Hsla, SharedString, StrikethroughStyle,
+    DefiniteLength, FontStyle, FontWeight, HighlightStyle, SharedString, StrikethroughStyle,
     UnderlineStyle, px,
 };
 use language::HighlightId;
@@ -175,11 +175,7 @@ pub enum MarkdownHighlight {
 
 impl MarkdownHighlight {
     /// Converts this [`MarkdownHighlight`] to a [`HighlightStyle`].
-    pub fn to_highlight_style(
-        &self,
-        theme: &theme::SyntaxTheme,
-        link_color: Hsla,
-    ) -> Option<HighlightStyle> {
+    pub fn to_highlight_style(&self, theme: &theme::SyntaxTheme) -> Option<HighlightStyle> {
         match self {
             MarkdownHighlight::Style(style) => {
                 let mut highlight = HighlightStyle::default();
@@ -209,10 +205,8 @@ impl MarkdownHighlight {
                 if style.link {
                     highlight.underline = Some(UnderlineStyle {
                         thickness: px(1.),
-                        color: Some(link_color),
                         ..Default::default()
                     });
-                    highlight.color = Some(link_color);
                 }
 
                 Some(highlight)
diff --git a/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_renderer.rs b/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_renderer.rs
index 489ce532f0060d29436d008413be1391044ab3e3..6f794b1358a1869779b01f6af3069bf8be735e7e 100644
--- a/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_renderer.rs
+++ b/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_renderer.rs
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ fn render_markdown_text(parsed_new: &MarkdownParagraph, cx: &mut RenderContext)
                 let highlights = gpui::combine_highlights(
                     parsed.highlights.iter().filter_map(|(range, highlight)| {
                         highlight
-                            .to_highlight_style(&syntax_theme, link_color)
+                            .to_highlight_style(&syntax_theme)
                             .map(|style| (range.clone(), style))
                     }),
                     parsed.regions.iter().zip(&parsed.region_ranges).filter_map(
@@ -705,6 +705,14 @@ fn render_markdown_text(parsed_new: &MarkdownParagraph, cx: &mut RenderContext)
                                         ..Default::default()
                                     },
                                 ))
+                            } else if region.link.is_some() {
+                                Some((
+                                    range.clone(),
+                                    HighlightStyle {
+                                        color: Some(link_color),
+                                        ..Default::default()
+                                    },
+                                ))
                             } else {
                                 None
                             }