diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hashtag_bar.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hashtag_bar.tsx
index 75bd74da01..674c481b81 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hashtag_bar.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hashtag_bar.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ const HashtagBar: React.FC<{
     <div className='hashtag-bar'>
       {revealedHashtags.map((hashtag) => (
         <Link key={hashtag} to={`/tags/${hashtag}`}>
-          #{hashtag}
+          #<span>{hashtag}</span>
         </Link>
       ))}
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index 7662f3d9b7..664f6ca02b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -9305,16 +9305,15 @@ noscript {
 
   a {
     display: inline-flex;
-    border-radius: 4px;
-    background: rgba($highlight-text-color, 0.2);
-    color: $highlight-text-color;
-    padding: 0.4em 0.6em;
+    color: $dark-text-color;
     text-decoration: none;
 
-    &:hover,
-    &:focus,
-    &:active {
-      background: rgba($highlight-text-color, 0.3);
+    &:hover {
+      text-decoration: none;
+
+      span {
+        text-decoration: underline;
+      }
     }
   }
 }