diff --git a/test/integration/autolinker_spec.mjs b/test/integration/autolinker_spec.mjs
index 503f9aed8..596e57604 100644
--- a/test/integration/autolinker_spec.mjs
+++ b/test/integration/autolinker_spec.mjs
@@ -169,6 +169,43 @@ describe("autolinker", function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("issue21458.pdf", function () {
+    let pages;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      pages = await loadAndWait(
+        "issue21458.pdf",
+        ".page[data-page-number='1'] .annotationLayer",
+        null,
+        null,
+        { enableAutoLinking: true }
+      );
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await closePages(pages);
+    });
+
+    it("must not add links that overlap internal destinations", async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+          await waitForLinkAnnotations(page);
+          const linkIds = await page.$$eval(
+            ".page[data-page-number='1'] .annotationLayer > .linkAnnotation > a",
+            annotations =>
+              annotations.map(a => a.getAttribute("data-element-id"))
+          );
+          expect(linkIds.length).withContext(`In ${browserName}`).toEqual(42);
+          linkIds.forEach(id =>
+            expect(id)
+              .withContext(`In ${browserName}`)
+              .not.toContain("inferred_link_")
+          );
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("PR 19470", function () {
     let pages;
 
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue21458.pdf.link b/test/pdfs/issue21458.pdf.link
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8af2c7e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue21458.pdf.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28985267/Gumbel.Distillation.pdf
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 7d6010038..e887360d8 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
     "link": true,
     "type": "other"
   },
+  {
+    "id": "issue21458",
+    "file": "pdfs/issue21458.pdf",
+    "md5": "875754beca276ab63568e06fd49e8375",
+    "rounds": 1,
+    "link": true,
+    "type": "other"
+  },
   {
     "id": "filled-background-range",
     "file": "pdfs/filled-background.pdf",
diff --git a/web/annotation_layer_builder.js b/web/annotation_layer_builder.js
index 4139210fa..1d9c59133 100644
--- a/web/annotation_layer_builder.js
+++ b/web/annotation_layer_builder.js
@@ -332,10 +332,7 @@ class AnnotationLayerBuilder {
       let linkAreaRects;
 
       for (const annotation of this.#annotations) {
-        if (
-          annotation.annotationType !== AnnotationType.LINK ||
-          !annotation.url
-        ) {
+        if (annotation.annotationType !== AnnotationType.LINK) {
           continue;
         }
         // TODO: Add a test case to verify that we can find the intersection