diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
index ce74a3f1f..ba10bfc7a 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
@@ -89,14 +89,11 @@ public class SketchTextArea extends RSyntaxTextArea {
 
   public void setKeywords(PdeKeywords keywords) {
     pdeKeywords = keywords;
-    setLinkGenerator(new DocLinkGenerator(pdeKeywords));
   }
 
   private void installFeatures() throws IOException {
     setTheme(PreferencesData.get("editor.syntax_theme", "default"));
 
-    setLinkGenerator(new DocLinkGenerator(pdeKeywords));
-
     setSyntaxEditingStyle(SYNTAX_STYLE_CPLUSPLUS);
   }
 
@@ -175,48 +172,6 @@ public class SketchTextArea extends RSyntaxTextArea {
     }
   }
 
-  private static class DocLinkGenerator implements LinkGenerator {
-
-    private final PdeKeywords pdeKeywords;
-
-    public DocLinkGenerator(PdeKeywords pdeKeywords) {
-      this.pdeKeywords = pdeKeywords;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public LinkGeneratorResult isLinkAtOffset(RSyntaxTextArea textArea, final int offs) {
-      Token token = textArea.modelToToken(offs);
-      if (token == null) {
-        return null;
-      }
-
-      String reference = pdeKeywords.getReference(token.getLexeme());
-
-      if (reference != null || (token.getType() == TokenTypes.DATA_TYPE || token.getType() == TokenTypes.VARIABLE || token.getType() == TokenTypes.FUNCTION)) {
-
-        return new LinkGeneratorResult() {
-
-          @Override
-          public int getSourceOffset() {
-            return offs;
-          }
-
-          @Override
-          public HyperlinkEvent execute() {
-
-            LOG.fine("Open Reference: " + reference);
-
-            Base.showReference("Reference/" + reference);
-
-            return null;
-          }
-        };
-      }
-
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-
 
   /**
    * Handles http hyperlinks.