diff --git a/markdown.go b/markdown.go
index 21a7d35..af155aa 100644
--- a/markdown.go
+++ b/markdown.go
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@ var mdrenderer = html.NewRenderer(html.RendererOptions{
 	},
 })
 
-func stripLinksFromMarkdown(md string) string {
-	// Regular expression to match Markdown links and HTML links
-	linkRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`\[([^\]]*)\]\([^)]*\)|<a[^>]*>(.*?)</a>`)
-
-	// Replace both Markdown and HTML links with just the link text
-	strippedMD := linkRegex.ReplaceAllString(md, "$1$2")
-
-	return strippedMD
-}
-
 var tgivmdrenderer = html.NewRenderer(html.RendererOptions{
 	Flags: html.CommonFlags | html.HrefTargetBlank,
 	RenderNodeHook: func(w io.Writer, node ast.Node, entering bool) (ast.WalkStatus, bool) {
@@ -85,10 +75,6 @@ func mdToHTML(md string, usingTelegramInstantView bool) string {
 	// create HTML renderer with extensions
 	output := string(markdown.Render(doc, renderer))
 
-	if skipLinks {
-		output = stripLinksFromMarkdown(output)
-	}
-
 	// sanitize content
 	output = sanitizeXSS(output)
 
diff --git a/render_event.go b/render_event.go
index 23448f9..b068287 100644
--- a/render_event.go
+++ b/render_event.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func renderEvent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if data.event.Kind == 30023 || data.event.Kind == 30024 {
 		// Remove duplicate title inside the body
 		data.content = strings.ReplaceAll(data.content, "# "+data.event.subject, "")
-		data.content = mdToHTML(data.content, data.templateId == TelegramInstantView, false)
+		data.content = mdToHTML(data.content, data.templateId == TelegramInstantView)
 	} else if data.event.Kind == 30818 {
 		data.content = asciidocToHTML(data.content)
 	} else {
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index c4618d5..4248ed3 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func renderQuotesAsHTML(ctx context.Context, input string, usingTelegramInstantV
 
 				var content string
 				if event.Kind == 30023 {
-					content = mdToHTML(event.Content, usingTelegramInstantView, false)
+					content = mdToHTML(event.Content, usingTelegramInstantView)
 				} else {
 					content = basicFormatting(event.Content, false, usingTelegramInstantView, false)
 				}