diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/print/footer.less b/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/print/footer.less
index be2a065c4..aae452e75 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/print/footer.less
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/print/footer.less
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	}
 
 	.last-modified-bar,
-	.last-modified-bar a[href] {
+	.last-modified-bar a {
 		font-weight: bold !important;
 		color: #000 !important;
 	}
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/ui.less b/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/ui.less
index 3474fe473..2b372ffee 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/ui.less
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.base.styles/ui.less
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ body {
 	color: @colorGray5;
 	transition: background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
 
-	a[href],
+	a,
 	a:visited {
 		color: @colorGray5;
 		// If browser supports
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/links.less b/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/links.less
index a42156831..11b155d90 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/links.less
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.content.styles/links.less
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
  * links can be differentiated from other links. Thus we only apply the linkColor to links with href
  * attributes.
 */
-a[href] {
-	color: @linkColor;
+/* stylelint-disable no-descending-specificity */
+a:not( [href] ) {
+	color: @colorGray2;
 }
 
 a {
 	text-decoration: none;
+	color: @linkColor;
 
 	&:visited {
 		color: #5a3696;