diff --git a/resources/templates/html.css b/resources/templates/html.css
index 79c80583bf..a8b3ab920c 100644
--- a/resources/templates/html.css
+++ b/resources/templates/html.css
@@ -402,7 +402,3 @@ img, object, svg|svg {
     height: auto;
 }
 
-/* These are needed because ADE renders anchors the same as links */
-
-a { text-decoration: inherit; color: inherit; cursor: inherit }
-a[href] { text-decoration: underline; color: blue; cursor: pointer }
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/writer2/serializer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/writer2/serializer.py
index 2b38c1e6a6..d3269b2d5e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/writer2/serializer.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/writer2/serializer.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class Serializer(object):
                     itemhref = re.sub(r'article_\d+/', '', itemhref)
                 self.href_offsets[itemhref].append(buf.tell())
                 buf.write('0000000000')
-                buf.write(' ><font size="+1" color="blue"><b><u>')
+                buf.write(' ><font size="+1"><b><u>')
                 t = tocitem.title
                 if isinstance(t, unicode):
                     t = t.encode('utf-8')