diff --git a/src/library/text.rs b/src/library/text.rs
index 23d749380..e4d52396f 100644
--- a/src/library/text.rs
+++ b/src/library/text.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub fn link(_: &mut EvalContext, args: &mut Args) -> TypResult<Value> {
     let url = args.expect::<Str>("url")?;
     let body = args.find().unwrap_or_else(|| {
         let mut template = Template::new();
-        template.text(&url);
+        template.text(url.trim_start_matches("mailto:").trim_start_matches("tel:"));
         template
     });
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/text/links.png b/tests/ref/text/links.png
index 2449880a6..38abf0c59 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/text/links.png and b/tests/ref/text/links.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/text/links.typ b/tests/typ/text/links.typ
index e6aa1d89a..bea5f93ed 100644
--- a/tests/typ/text/links.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/text/links.typ
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 // With line break.
 This link appears #link("https://google.com/")[in the middle of] a paragraph.
 
+// Prefix is trimmed.
+Contact #link("mailto:hi@typst.app") or call #link("tel:123") for more information.
+
+---
 // Styled with underline and color.
 #let link(url, body) = link(url, font(fill: rgb("283663"), underline(body)))
 You could also make the #link("https://html5zombo.com/")[link look way more typical.]