diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index a8120b2..5a30c37 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-{{ .Text | safeHTML }}{{/* DO NOT REMOVE THE TRAILING NEWLINE HERE -- it prevents there from being whitespace in between the link and the next word/element (for example: if there's a period right after a link) */}}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+ {{- .Text | safeHTML -}}
+
+{{- print "" -}}