diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
index 7c86cfa..6ddbd26 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ turndownService.addRule("inlineLink", {
 		let brackets = ["", ""]
 		content = content.replace(/ @.*/, "")
 		if (href.startsWith("https://matrix.to")) brackets = ["<", ">"]
-		if (href === content) return brackets[0] + href + brackets[1]
 		if (href.startsWith("https://matrix.to/#/@") && content[0] !== "@") content = "@" + content
 		return "[" + content + "](" + brackets[0] + href + brackets[1] + ")"
 	}
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index 33cbdd8..2b354e0 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -172,33 +172,6 @@ test("event2message: links in plaintext body are not broken", async t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: links in formatted body where the text & href are the same, just post the link once", async t => {
-	t.deepEqual(
-		await eventToMessage({
-			sender: "@cadence:cadence.moe",
-			type: "m.room.message",
-			content: {
-				body: "https://privatebin.net/?9111cb16f28da21b#62CKkEr6WvXZ1gQv2M6agazsA7tGYX8ZP8drETYujYZr",
-				format: "org.matrix.custom.html",
-				formatted_body: "<a href=\"https://privatebin.net/?9111cb16f28da21b#62CKkEr6WvXZ1gQv2M6agazsA7tGYX8ZP8drETYujYZr\">https://privatebin.net/?9111cb16f28da21b#62CKkEr6WvXZ1gQv2M6agazsA7tGYX8ZP8drETYujYZr</a>",
-				msgtype: "m.text"
-			},
-			room_id: "!kLRqKKUQXcibIMtOpl:cadence.moe",
-			event_id: "$p3AOv1eReiSH0g06_8AZ0WH0qSeaGdqwHhiNx_hz-bs",
-		}),
-		{
-			ensureJoined: [],
-			messagesToDelete: [],
-			messagesToEdit: [],
-			messagesToSend: [{
-				username: "cadence [they]",
-				content: "https://privatebin.net/?9111cb16f28da21b#62CKkEr6WvXZ1gQv2M6agazsA7tGYX8ZP8drETYujYZr",
-				avatar_url: undefined
-			}]
-		}
-	)
-})
-
 test("event2message: basic html is converted to markdown", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
 		await eventToMessage({
@@ -2691,7 +2664,7 @@ test("event2message: link to event in an unknown room", async t => {
 			messagesToEdit: [],
 			messagesToSend: [{
 				username: "cadence [they]",
-				content: "ah yeah, here's where the bug was reported: <https://matrix.to/#/!QtykxKocfZaZOUrTwp:matrix.org/$1542477546853947KGhZL:matrix.org>",
+				content: "ah yeah, here's where the bug was reported: [https://matrix.to/#/!QtykxKocfZaZOUrTwp:matrix.org/$1542477546853947KGhZL:matrix.org](<https://matrix.to/#/!QtykxKocfZaZOUrTwp:matrix.org/$1542477546853947KGhZL:matrix.org>)",
 				avatar_url: undefined
 			}]
 		}