diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index d4a4f77..c75c028 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<a {{ printf "href=%q" .Destination | safeHTMLAttr }}{{- with .Title }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end -}}>{{- with .Text | safeHTML }}{{ . }}{{ end -}}XX</a>
+<a {{ printf "href=%q" .Destination | safeHTMLAttr }}{{- with .Title }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end -}}>{{- with .Text | safeHTML }}{{ . }}{{ end -}}</a>
 {{- /* chomp trailing newline */ -}}