contrib/css/216dark.css        | 2 +-
 contrib/css/216light.css       | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/UserContent.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/contrib/css/216dark.css b/contrib/css/216dark.css
index 6fc6cfe77e349d9029cde8b2f22eab9c6dc016d2..02804cbdd03e4764211b35a7ee884cb4017fa313 100644
--- a/contrib/css/216dark.css
+++ b/contrib/css/216dark.css
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ /*
  * Underlined links add visual noise which make them hard-to-read.
  * Use colors to make them stand out, instead.
  */
-a { color:#69f; text-decoration:none }
+a:link { color:#69f; text-decoration:none }
 a:visited { color:#96f }
 
 /* quoted text in emails gets a different color */
diff --git a/contrib/css/216light.css b/contrib/css/216light.css
index 559a6b7404989e04b8bca3bb3f12ad437a912b1a..c66cfdfe89ff5a85ebaca2adfb9b744ef3b1b80e 100644
--- a/contrib/css/216light.css
+++ b/contrib/css/216light.css
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ /*
  * Underlined links add visual noise which make them hard-to-read.
  * Use colors to make them stand out, instead.
  */
-a { color:#00f; text-decoration:none }
+a:link { color:#00f; text-decoration:none }
 a:visited { color:#808 }
 
 /* quoted text gets a different color */
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/UserContent.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/UserContent.pm
index b6b439004cba4b4b6ec639ef3741d37433a22318..789da2f12b6698f33f0ec0d8d0d145c0ff8a6d39 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/UserContent.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/UserContent.pm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 	/*
 	 * Underlined links add visual noise which make them hard-to-read.
 	 * Use colors to make them stand out, instead.
 	 */
-	a { color:#69f !important; text-decoration:none !important }
+	a:link { color:#69f !important; text-decoration:none !important }
 	a:visited { color:#96f !important }
 
 	/* quoted text in emails gets a different color */