diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
index 8626da77e..9155d6761 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/Identity/IdDialog.h"
-#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "gui/MainWindow.h"
 #include "util/DateTime.h"
 #include <QMovie>
@@ -237,10 +236,8 @@ void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::baseSetup()
         if (urlOkay)
         {
             QString siteurl = url.toEncoded();
-            linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
 
-            QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
-            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:" + colorstring );
+            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;");
             label->setCursor(QCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor));
             label->setToolTip(siteurl);
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
index fc026f817..5c10af55d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ signals:
 protected:
 	RsPostedPost mPost;
     uint8_t      mDisplayFlags;
-private:
-	QColor linkColor;
 };
 
 class BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact : public BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase
@@ -153,8 +151,6 @@ protected:
     void setup() override;    // to be overloaded by the different views
 
 private:
-	QColor linkColor;
-
     /** Qt Designer generated object */
     Ui::BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact *ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
index 704db692e..1599197d9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
@@ -230,14 +230,9 @@ void PostedCardView::fill()
 		
 		if (urlOkay)
 		{
-			linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
-			QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
-
 			QString urlstr =  QString("<a href=\"");
 			urlstr += QString(url.toEncoded());
-			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:");
-			urlstr += colorstring;
-			urlstr += QString("\"> ");
+			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;\"> ");
 			urlstr += messageName();
 			urlstr += QString(" </span></a>");
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
index aeb0f19b6..0f4f5f2ab 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ protected:
 	void toggleNotes() override;
 
 private:
-	QColor linkColor;
-
 	/** Qt Designer generated object */
 	Ui::PostedCardView *ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp
index b4ce19448..2c0227cf1 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "util/misc.h"
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
 #include "util/RichTextEdit.h"
-#include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/feeds/SubFileItem.h"
 #include "util/rsdir.h"
 
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ void PostedCreatePostDialog::createPost()
 	if(!ui->RichTextEditWidget->toPlainText().trimmed().isEmpty()) {
 		QString text;
 		text = ui->RichTextEditWidget->toHtml();
-		RsHtml::optimizeHtml(text);
 		post.mNotes = std::string(text.toUtf8());
 	}
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
index 80c98e4c5..c5ed31892 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ void PostedListWidgetWithModel::insertBoardDetails(const RsPostedGroup& group)
 	ui->infoAdministrator->setId(group.mMeta.mAuthorId) ;
 
 	link = RetroShareLink::createMessage(group.mMeta.mAuthorId, "");
-	ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
+	ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtml());
 
 	ui->createdinfolabel->setText(DateTime::formatDateTime(group.mMeta.mPublishTs));
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
index c0aee2c01..35fc3d836 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "msgs/MessageComposer.h"
 #include "Posted/PostedDialog.h"
 #include "util/misc.h"
-#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rsfiles.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsgxsforums.h>
@@ -468,7 +467,6 @@ void RetroShareLink::fromUrl(const QUrl& url)
 RetroShareLink::RetroShareLink()
 {
 	clear();
-	linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
 }
 
 RetroShareLink RetroShareLink::createFile(const QString& name, uint64_t size, const QString& hash)
@@ -1231,22 +1229,6 @@ QString RetroShareLink::toHtml() const
 	return html;
 }
 
-QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlColored() const
-{
-	//linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
-	QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
-
-	QString html = "<a href=\"" + toString() + "\"";
-
-	QString linkTitle = title();
-	if (!linkTitle.isEmpty()) {
-		html += " title=\"" + linkTitle + "\"";
-	}
-	html += "style=\"color:" + colorstring + "\"> " + niceName() + "</a>" ;
-
-	return html;
-}
-
 QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlFull() const
 {
 	return QString("<a href=\"") + toString() + "\">" + toString() + "</a>" ;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
index 957b85161..2b25e2a2d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QVector>
-#include <QColor>
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -143,8 +142,6 @@ class RetroShareLink
 		
 		QString toHtmlSize() const ;
 
-		QString toHtmlColored() const;
-
 		QUrl toUrl() const ;
 
 		bool operator==(const RetroShareLink& l) const { return _type == l._type && _hash == l._hash ; }
@@ -183,7 +180,6 @@ class RetroShareLink
 		time_t   _time_stamp ; 				// time stamp at which the link will expire.
 		QString  _radix_group_data;
 		uint32_t _count ;
-		QColor linkColor;
 
 		unsigned int _subType; // for general use as sub type for _type (RSLINK_SUBTYPE_...)
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
index 5fc3a8cd1..78ddd00a6 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QClipboard>
 #include <QMimeData>
-#include <QTextDocument>
 #include <QTextDocumentFragment>
 #include <QCompleter>
 #include <QAbstractItemView>
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/RetroShareLink.h"
 #include "util/imageutil.h"
-#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
-#include "gui/RsGUIEventManager.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rspeers.h>
 
@@ -47,9 +44,6 @@ MimeTextEdit::MimeTextEdit(QWidget *parent)
 	mForceCompleterShowNextKeyEvent = false;
 	highliter = new RsSyntaxHighlighter(this);
 	mOnlyPlainText = false;
-
-	updateLinkColor();
-	connect(RsGUIEventManager::getInstance(), SIGNAL(settingsChanged()), this, SLOT(updateLinkColor()));
 }
 
 bool MimeTextEdit::canInsertFromMimeData(const QMimeData* source) const
@@ -335,42 +329,3 @@ void MimeTextEdit::copyImage()
 	QTextCursor cursor = cursorForPosition(point);
 	ImageUtil::copyImage(window(), cursor);
 }
-
-void MimeTextEdit::updateLinkColor()
-{
-	linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
-	QPalette p = palette();
-	p.setColor(QPalette::Link, linkColor);
-	p.setColor(QPalette::LinkVisited, linkColor);
-	setPalette(p);
-
-	if (document()) {
-		document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(QString("a { color: %1; }").arg(linkColor.name()));
-	}
-}
-
-QString MimeTextEdit::toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding) const
-{
-	QTextDocument *doc = document();
-	QString oldSheet;
-	if (doc) {
-		oldSheet = doc->defaultStyleSheet();
-		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet("");
-	}
-	QString html;
-	if (encoding.isEmpty()) {
-		html = QTextEdit::toHtml();
-	} else {
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
-		// Qt 6: toHtml() takes no arguments
-		html = doc->toHtml();
-#else
-		// Qt 5: toHtml() accepts encoding parameter
-		html = doc->toHtml(encoding);
-#endif
-	}
-	if (doc) {
-		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet(oldSheet);
-	}
-	return html;
-}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
index d54cbe658..c0bf83892 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public:
 	bool onlyPlainText() const {return mOnlyPlainText;}
 
 	void setMaxBytes(int limit) {mMaxBytes = limit;}
-	QString toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding = QByteArray()) const;
 
 public slots:
 	void setTextColorQuote(QColor textColorQuote) { highliter->setTextColorQuote(textColorQuote);}
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ private slots:
 	void spoiler();
 	void saveImage();
 	void copyImage();
-	void updateLinkColor();
 
 private:
 	QString textUnderCursor() const;
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ private:
 	RsSyntaxHighlighter *highliter;
 	bool mOnlyPlainText;
 	int mMaxBytes = -1;	//limit content size, for pasting images
-	QColor linkColor;
 };
 
 #endif // MIMETEXTEDIT_H
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
index b916fca7d..f43a57242 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include "RSImageBlockWidget.h"
 #include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "util/imageutil.h"
-#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
-#include "gui/RsGUIEventManager.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rsinit.h> //To get RsAccounts
 
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
-#include <QTextDocument>
 #include <QTextDocumentFragment>
 #include <QScrollBar>
 #include <QRegExp>
@@ -54,10 +51,7 @@ RSTextBrowser::RSTextBrowser(QWidget *parent) :
 
 	highlighter = new RsSyntaxHighlighter(this);
 
-	updateLinkColor();
-
 	connect(this, SIGNAL(anchorClicked(QUrl)), this, SLOT(linkClicked(QUrl)));
-	connect(RsGUIEventManager::getInstance(), SIGNAL(settingsChanged()), this, SLOT(updateLinkColor()));
 }
 
 void RSTextBrowser::append(const QString &text)
@@ -366,53 +360,3 @@ void RSTextBrowser::copyImage()
 	QTextCursor cursor = cursorForPosition(point);
 	ImageUtil::copyImage(window(), cursor);
 }
-
-void RSTextBrowser::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
-{
-	if (!event->spontaneous()) {
-		updateLinkColor();
-	}
-}
-
-void RSTextBrowser::updateLinkColor()
-{
-	linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
-	QPalette p = palette();
-	p.setColor(QPalette::Link, linkColor);
-	p.setColor(QPalette::LinkVisited, linkColor);
-	setPalette(p);
-
-	if (document()) {
-		document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(QString("a { color: %1; }").arg(linkColor.name()));
-		if (!document()->isEmpty()) {
-			QString html = document()->toHtml();
-			document()->setHtml(html);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-QString RSTextBrowser::toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding) const
-{
-	QTextDocument *doc = document();
-	QString oldSheet;
-	if (doc) {
-		oldSheet = doc->defaultStyleSheet();
-		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet("");
-	}
-	QString html;
-	if (encoding.isEmpty()) {
-		html = QTextBrowser::toHtml();
-	} else {
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
-		// Qt 6: toHtml() takes no arguments
-		html = doc->toHtml();
-#else
-		// Qt 5: toHtml() accepts encoding parameter
-		html = doc->toHtml(encoding);
-#endif
-	}
-	if (doc) {
-		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet(oldSheet);
-	}
-	return html;
-}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
index 73627cba6..8ffa398c3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
@@ -57,12 +57,9 @@ public:
 	QColor textColorQuote() const { return highlighter->textColorQuote();}
 	QVariant textColorQuotes() const { return highlighter->textColorQuotes();}
 	bool getShowImages() const { return mShowImages; }
-	QString toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding = QByteArray()) const;
 
 	QMenu *createStandardContextMenuFromPoint(const QPoint &widgetPos);
 
-	virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent *) ;
-
 Q_SIGNALS:
 	void calculateContextMenuActions();
 
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ private slots:
 	void viewSource();
 	void saveImage();
 	void copyImage();
-	void updateLinkColor();
 
 protected:
 	void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event);
@@ -93,8 +89,6 @@ private:
 	RSImageBlockWidget *mImageBlockWidget;
 	bool mLinkClickActive;
 	RsSyntaxHighlighter *highlighter;
-	QColor linkColor;
-
 	QList<QAction*> mContextMenuActions;
 #ifdef RSTEXTBROWSER_CHECKIMAGE_DEBUG
 	QRect mCursorRectStart;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp
index 17ec3b911..bc2f5d960 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@ void CreateGxsChannelMsg::sendMsg()
 
 	QString text;
 	text = RichTextEditWidget->toHtml();
-	RsHtml::optimizeHtml(text);
 	std::string msg = std::string(text.toUtf8());
 
 	std::list<RsGxsFile> files;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
index 62d8e1db1..69df1ce09 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel::insertChannelDetails(const RsGxsChannelGrou
     if(!group.mMeta.mAuthorId.isNull())
     {
         RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createMessage(group.mMeta.mAuthorId, "");
-        ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
+        ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtml());
     }
     else
         ui->infoAdministrator->setText("[No contact author]");
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp
index 3415ceb6c..176cbbd24 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp
@@ -2422,10 +2422,10 @@ bool MessageComposer::fileSave()
     QTextStream ts(&file);
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK (6, 0, 0)
     ts.setEncoding(QStringConverter::Utf8);
-    ts << ui.msgText->toHtml();
+    ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml();
 #else
     ts.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-    ts << ui.msgText->toHtml("UTF-8");
+    ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml("UTF-8");
 #endif
     std::cerr << "Setting modified 002 = false" << std::endl;
     ui.msgText->document()->setModified(false);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
index 81d99d71c..540196ab5 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ void MessageWidget::fill(const std::string &msgId)
     }
     else
     {
-		ui.fromText->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
+		ui.fromText->setText(link.toHtml());
 		ui.fromText->setToolTip(tooltip_string) ;
 		if (toolButtonReply) toolButtonReply->setEnabled(true);
 	}
@@ -807,10 +807,10 @@ void MessageWidget::saveAs()
 		QTextStream ts(&file);
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK (6, 0, 0)
 		ts.setEncoding(QStringConverter::Utf8);
-		ts << ui.msgText->toHtml();
+		ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml();
 #else
 		ts.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-		ts << ui.msgText->toHtml("UTF-8");
+		ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml("UTF-8");
 #endif
 		ui.msgText->document()->setModified(false);
 	}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
index 95295ad96..17748e05c 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 #include <QAbstractItemView>
-#include <QColorDialog>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -399,11 +398,6 @@ void AppearancePage::load()
 	whileBlocking(ui.checkBoxShowSystrayOnStatus)->setChecked(Settings->valueFromGroup("StatusBar", "ShowSysTrayOnStatusBar", QVariant(false)).toBool());
 
 	whileBlocking(ui.minimumFontSize_SB)->setValue(Settings->getFontSize());
-	
-	rgbLinkColor=Settings->getLinkColor();
-	QPixmap colorpix(24, 24);
-	colorpix.fill(rgbLinkColor);
-	ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(colorpix);
 }
 
 void AppearancePage::updateFontSize()
@@ -421,25 +415,3 @@ void AppearancePage::updateDateFormat()
     RsGUIEventManager::getInstance()->notifySettingsChanged();
 }
 
-void AppearancePage::on_linkColorButton_clicked()
-{
-	QColor color = QColorDialog::getColor(QColor::fromRgba(rgbLinkColor), window(), "", QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel);
-	if (color.isValid()) {
-		rgbLinkColor = color.rgba();
-		QPixmap pix(24, 24);
-		pix.fill(color);
-		ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(pix);
-		Settings->setLinkColor(rgbLinkColor);
-	}
-}
-
-void AppearancePage::on_resetButton_clicked()
-{
-	QRgb color  = QString::number(QColor(118, 118, 255).rgba()).toUInt();
-	defaultColor = color;
-	rgbLinkColor = color;
-	QPixmap pix(24, 24);
-	pix.fill(color);
-	ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(pix);
-	Settings->setLinkColor(defaultColor);
-}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
index e25f41e51..5df91fac7 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
@@ -74,15 +74,9 @@ private slots:
 	void updateStyle() ;
 	void updateFontSize();
 
-	void on_linkColorButton_clicked();
-	void on_resetButton_clicked();
-
 private:
 	void switch_status(MainWindow::StatusElement s,const QString& key,bool b);
 
-	QRgb rgbLinkColor;
-	QRgb defaultColor;
-
 	/** Qt Designer generated object */
 	Ui::AppearancePage ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
index 18ab8cc41..e4a1014f2 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
 
-   <item row="3" column="0" rowspan="2">
+   <item row="3" column="0">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpToolBar">
      <property name="minimumSize">
       <size>
@@ -336,62 +336,7 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="4" column="1">
-    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
-     <property name="title">
-      <string>Link Color</string>
-     </property>
-     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_17">
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_10">
-        <property name="sizePolicy">
-         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
-          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-         </sizepolicy>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Color of the links</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="linkColorButton">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>24</width>
-          <height>24</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>24</width>
-          <height>24</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Set link color</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string/>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QToolButton" name="resetButton">
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Reset to default color</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="icon">
-         <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
-          <normaloff>:/icons/textedit/undo.png</normaloff>:/icons/textedit/undo.png</iconset>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpStatus">
      <property name="title">
       <string>Status Bar</string>
@@ -500,7 +445,7 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
     <spacer name="AppearancePageVSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -607,8 +552,6 @@
    <header>gui/common/RSComboBox.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
- <resources>
-  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
- </resources>
+ <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
index 6585982f7..d40f6db81 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
@@ -1243,15 +1243,6 @@ void RshareSettings::setMessageFontSize(int value)
 	setValueToGroup("Message", "FontSize", value);
 }
 
-void RshareSettings::setLinkColor(QRgb rgbValue)
-{
-	setValueToGroup("Chat", "LinkColor", QString::number(rgbValue));
-}
-QRgb RshareSettings::getLinkColor()
-{
-	return valueFromGroup("Chat", "LinkColor", QString::number(QColor(118, 118, 255).rgba())).toUInt();
-}
-
 #ifdef RS_JSONAPI
 bool RshareSettings::getJsonApiEnabled()
 {
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
index 4f2406bc4..77c7e625e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
@@ -392,9 +392,6 @@ public:
     int getMessageFontSize();
     void setMessageFontSize(int value);
 
-    void setLinkColor(QRgb rgbValue);
-    QRgb getLinkColor();
-
 #ifdef RS_JSONAPI
 	bool getJsonApiEnabled();
 	void setJsonApiEnabled(bool enabled);