diff --git a/launcher/ui/Main.qml b/launcher/ui/Main.qml
index cda8368..44b5c92 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/Main.qml
+++ b/launcher/ui/Main.qml
@@ -123,27 +123,4 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: checkSetup()
-
-    property Item hoverLinkIndicator: QQC2.Control {
-        parent: appWindow.overlay.parent
-        property alias text: linkText.text
-        opacity: text.length > 0 ? 1 : 0
-
-        Behavior on opacity {
-            OpacityAnimator {
-                duration: Kirigami.Units.longDuration
-            }
-        }
-
-        z: 999990
-        x: 0
-        y: parent.height - implicitHeight
-        contentItem: QQC2.Label {
-            id: linkText
-        }
-        Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.View
-        background: Rectangle {
-            color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/launcher/ui/Pages/NewsPage.qml b/launcher/ui/Pages/NewsPage.qml
index a65e2c4..dac5453 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/Pages/NewsPage.qml
+++ b/launcher/ui/Pages/NewsPage.qml
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ QQC2.Control {
                 hoverEnabled: true
 
                 onClicked: applicationWindow().openUrl(LauncherCore.headline.banners[page.currentBannerIndex].link)
-                onEntered: applicationWindow().hoverLinkIndicator.text = LauncherCore.headline.banners[page.currentBannerIndex].link
-                onExited: applicationWindow().hoverLinkIndicator.text = ""
             }
 
             layer.enabled: true
@@ -126,13 +124,6 @@ QQC2.Control {
                     description: Qt.formatDate(modelData.date)
 
                     onClicked: applicationWindow().openUrl(modelData.url)
-                    onHoveredChanged: {
-                        if (hovered) {
-                            applicationWindow().hoverLinkIndicator.text = modelData.url;
-                        } else {
-                            applicationWindow().hoverLinkIndicator.text = "";
-                        }
-                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -167,13 +158,6 @@ QQC2.Control {
 
                     hoverEnabled: true
                     onClicked: applicationWindow().openUrl(modelData.url)
-                    onHoveredChanged: {
-                        if (hovered) {
-                            applicationWindow().hoverLinkIndicator.text = modelData.url;
-                        } else {
-                            applicationWindow().hoverLinkIndicator.text = "";
-                        }
-                    }
                 }
             }