diff --git a/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix b/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
index 244cfa0c2..17701c3a3 100644
--- a/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
+++ b/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ command, renderLinks ? false }:
+{ command }:
 
 with builtins;
 with import ./utils.nix;
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ let
            listCommands = cmds:
              concatStrings (map (name:
                "* "
-               + (if renderLinks
-                  then "[`${command} ${name}`](./${appendName filename name}.md)"
-                  else "`${command} ${name}`")
+               + "[`${command} ${name}`](./${appendName filename name}.md)"
                + " - ${cmds.${name}.description}\n")
                (attrNames cmds));
          in
diff --git a/doc/manual/local.mk b/doc/manual/local.mk
index 66a8cb7de..364e02967 100644
--- a/doc/manual/local.mk
+++ b/doc/manual/local.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli
 
 $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli: $(d)/nix.json $(d)/generate-manpage.nix $(bindir)/nix
 	@rm -rf $@
-	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --write-to $@ --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix { command = builtins.readFile $<; renderLinks = true; }'
+	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --write-to $@ --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix { command = builtins.readFile $<; }'
 
 $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md: $(d)/conf-file.json $(d)/generate-options.nix $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md $(bindir)/nix
 	@cat doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md > $@.tmp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ doc/manual/generated/man1/nix3-manpages: $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli
 	  if [[ $$name = SUMMARY ]]; then continue; fi; \
 	  printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$name" > $$tmpFile; \
 	  cat $$i >> $$tmpFile; \
-	  lowdown -sT man -M section=1 $$tmpFile -o $(DESTDIR)$$(dirname $@)/$$name.1; \
+	  lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=1 $$tmpFile -o $(DESTDIR)$$(dirname $@)/$$name.1; \
 	  rm $$tmpFile; \
 	done
 	@touch $@
diff --git a/src/libcmd/markdown.cc b/src/libcmd/markdown.cc
index 71f9c8dff..668a07763 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/markdown.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/markdown.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ std::string renderMarkdownToTerminal(std::string_view markdown)
         .hmargin = 0,
         .vmargin = 0,
         .feat = LOWDOWN_COMMONMARK | LOWDOWN_FENCED | LOWDOWN_DEFLIST | LOWDOWN_TABLES,
-        .oflags = 0,
+        .oflags = LOWDOWN_TERM_NOLINK,
     };
 
     auto doc = lowdown_doc_new(&opts);