diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md
index 181fa5040..822777eff 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ By default Nix reads settings from the following places, in that order:
 
 1. If [`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](./env-common.md#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES) is set, then each path separated by `:` will be loaded in reverse order.
 
-   Otherwise it will look for `nix/nix.conf` files in `XDG_CONFIG_DIRS` and [`XDG_CONFIG_HOME`](./env-common.md#env-XDG_CONFIG_HOME).
+   Otherwise it will look for `nix/nix.conf` files in `XDG_CONFIG_DIRS` and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`.
    If unset, `XDG_CONFIG_DIRS` defaults to `/etc/xdg`, and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME/.config` as per [XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html).
 
 1. If [`NIX_CONFIG`](./env-common.md#env-NIX_CONFIG) is set, its contents are treated as the contents of a configuration file.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
index b4a9bb2a9..3de8ba9eb 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ For backwards compatibility, Nix commands will follow the standard only when [`u
 
 The following environment variables are used to determine locations of various state and configuration files:
 
-- [`XDG_CONFIG_HOME`]{#env-XDG_CONFIG_HOME} (default `~/.config`)
-- [`XDG_STATE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_STATE_HOME} (default `~/.local/state`)
-- [`XDG_CACHE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_CACHE_HOME} (default `~/.cache`)
+- `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` (default `~/.config`)
+- `XDG_STATE_HOME` (default `~/.local/state`)
+- `XDG_CACHE_HOME` (default `~/.cache`)
 
 
 [XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html