diff --git a/fun.go b/fun.go
index 6783173..e958600 100644
--- a/fun.go
+++ b/fun.go
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ func translate(honk *Honk, redoimages bool) {
 			n, _ := htf.String(honk.Noise)
 			honk.Precis = string(p)
 			honk.Noise = string(n)
+			honk.Noise = strings.Replace(honk.Noise, "<a href=", "<a class=\"mention u-url\" href=", -1)
 		}
 		j := 0
 		for i := 0; i < len(honk.Donks); i++ {
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ func ontologize(s string) string {
 			p = h[:1]
 			h = h[1:]
 		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`%s<a class="mention u-url" href="https://%s/o/%s">%s</a>`, p, serverName,
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`%s<a href="https://%s/o/%s">%s</a>`, p, serverName,
 			strings.ToLower(h[1:]), h)
 	})
 	return s
diff --git a/markitzero.go b/markitzero.go
index d954d20..5611e50 100644
--- a/markitzero.go
+++ b/markitzero.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func markitzero(s string) string {
 
 	// mark it zero
 	s = re_link.ReplaceAllStringFunc(s, linkreplacer)
-	s = re_zerolink.ReplaceAllString(s, `<a class="mention u-url" href="$2">$1</a>`)
+	s = re_zerolink.ReplaceAllString(s, `<a href="$2">$1</a>`)
 	s = re_bolder.ReplaceAllString(s, "$1<b>$2</b>$3")
 	s = re_italicer.ReplaceAllString(s, "$1<i>$2</i>$3")
 	s = re_quoter.ReplaceAllString(s, "<blockquote>$1</blockquote><p>")
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func linkreplacer(url string) string {
 		url = url[:len(url)-1]
 		adddot = true
 	}
-	url = fmt.Sprintf(`<a class="mention u-url" href="%s">%s</a>`, url, url)
+	url = fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s">%s</a>`, url, url)
 	if adddot {
 		url += "."
 	}
diff --git a/markitzero_test.go b/markitzero_test.go
index 7c7b7ca..541fc5a 100644
--- a/markitzero_test.go
+++ b/markitzero_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func doonezerotest(t *testing.T, input, output string) {
 
 func TestBasictest(t *testing.T) {
 	input := `link to https://example.com/ with **bold** text`
-	output := `link to <a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com/">https://example.com/</a> with <b>bold</b> text`
+	output := `link to <a href="https://example.com/">https://example.com/</a> with <b>bold</b> text`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
@@ -49,48 +49,48 @@ func TestCodeStyles(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSimplelink(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "This is a [link](https://example.com)."
-	output := `This is a <a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com">link</a>.`
+	output := `This is a <a href="https://example.com">link</a>.`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
 func TestSimplelink2(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "See (http://example.com) for examples."
-	output := `See (<a class="mention u-url" href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>) for examples.`
+	output := `See (<a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>) for examples.`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
 func TestWikilink(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "I watched [Hackers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film))"
-	output := `I watched <a class="mention u-url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)">Hackers</a>`
+	output := `I watched <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)">Hackers</a>`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
 func TestQuotedlink(t *testing.T) {
 	input := `quoted "https://example.com/link" here`
-	output := `quoted "<a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com/link">https://example.com/link</a>" here`
+	output := `quoted "<a href="https://example.com/link">https://example.com/link</a>" here`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
 func TestLinkinQuote(t *testing.T) {
 	input := `> a quote and https://example.com/link`
-	output := `<blockquote>a quote and <a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com/link">https://example.com/link</a></blockquote><p>`
+	output := `<blockquote>a quote and <a href="https://example.com/link">https://example.com/link</a></blockquote><p>`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
 func TestBoldLink(t *testing.T) {
 	input := `**b https://example.com/link b**`
-	output := `<b>b <a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com/link">https://example.com/link</a> b</b>`
+	output := `<b>b <a href="https://example.com/link">https://example.com/link</a> b</b>`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
 func TestHonklink(t *testing.T) {
 	input := `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!`
-	output := `<a class="mention u-url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!</a>`
+	output := `<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!</a>`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
 func TestImagelink(t *testing.T) {
 	input := `an image <img alt="caption" src="https://example.com/wherever"> and linked [<img src="there">](example.com)`
-	output := `an image <img alt="caption" src="https://example.com/wherever"> and linked <a class="mention u-url" href="example.com"><img src="there"></a>`
+	output := `an image <img alt="caption" src="https://example.com/wherever"> and linked <a href="example.com"><img src="there"></a>`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }