diff --git a/Cite_body.php b/Cite_body.php
index d7850e2a0..84d72807e 100644
--- a/Cite_body.php
+++ b/Cite_body.php
@@ -756,13 +756,6 @@ class Cite {
 					$this->referencesKey( $val['follow'] ),
 					$text
 				)->inContentLanguage()->plain();
-		} elseif ( !isset( $val['text'] ) ) {
-			return wfMessage(
-						'cite_references_link_one',
-						$this->referencesKey( $key ),
-						$this->refKey( $key, $val['count'] ),
-						$text
-					)->inContentLanguage()->plain();
 		}
 
 		if ( $val['count'] < 0 ) {
diff --git a/citeParserTests.txt b/citeParserTests.txt
index 189a3f1be..082ec61d7 100644
--- a/citeParserTests.txt
+++ b/citeParserTests.txt
@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ Use <code>&lt;references /&gt;</code>, or <code>&lt;references group="..." /&gt;
 <ol class="references">
 <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Also zero, but differently! (Normal ref)</span>
 </li>
-<li id="cite_note-bar"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-bar_0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
+<li id="cite_note-bar-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-bar_2-0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
 no text was provided for refs named <code>bar</code></strong></li>
-<li id="cite_note-blankwithnoreference"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-blankwithnoreference_0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
+<li id="cite_note-blankwithnoreference-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-blankwithnoreference_3-0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
 no text was provided for refs named <code>blankwithnoreference</code></strong></li>
 </ol>
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ AAA<ref group="参">ref a</ref>BBB<ref group="注">note b</ref>CCC<ref group="
 <p><sup id="cite_ref-foo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foo-1">[2 1]</a></sup>
 </p>
 <ol class="references">
-<li id="cite_note-foo"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-foo_0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
+<li id="cite_note-foo-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-foo_1-0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
 no text was provided for refs named <code>foo</code></strong></li>
 </ol>
 <p><strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag with name "unused" defined in <code>&lt;references&gt;</code> is not used in prior text.</strong><br />
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ refs with no name must have content</strong>
 Bla.<ref name="void"></ref>
 !! result
 Bla.<sup id="cite_ref-void_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-void-1">[1]</a></sup><ol class="references">
-<li id="cite_note-void"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-void_0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
+<li id="cite_note-void-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-void_1-0">↑</a></span> <strong class="error mw-ext-cite-error">Cite error: Invalid <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> tag;
 no text was provided for refs named <code>void</code></strong></li>
 </ol>