diff --git a/src/app/src/types/content.ts b/src/app/src/types/content.ts
index 9d621a34..14606a9a 100644
--- a/src/app/src/types/content.ts
+++ b/src/app/src/types/content.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type { CollectionType } from '@nuxt/content'
 export interface MarkdownParsingOptions {
   compress?: boolean
   collectionType?: CollectionType
-  preserveLinkAttributes?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface SyntaxHighlightTheme {
diff --git a/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/compare.ts b/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/compare.ts
index ff8f7fb1..e95c4d48 100644
--- a/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/compare.ts
+++ b/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/compare.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { generateDocumentFromContent } from './generate'
 import { removeLastStylesFromTree } from './tree'
 
 export async function isDocumentMatchingContent(content: string, document: DatabaseItem): Promise<boolean> {
-  const generatedDocument = await generateDocumentFromContent(document.id, content, { compress: true, preserveLinkAttributes: true }) as DatabaseItem
+  const generatedDocument = await generateDocumentFromContent(document.id, content, { compress: true }) as DatabaseItem
 
   if (generatedDocument.extension === ContentFileExtension.Markdown) {
     const { body: generatedBody, ...generatedDocumentData } = generatedDocument
diff --git a/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/generate.ts b/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/generate.ts
index 2797eaa8..e2f6b3d0 100644
--- a/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/generate.ts
+++ b/src/module/src/runtime/utils/document/generate.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import type { MarkdownRoot } from '@nuxt/content'
-import type { MDCElement, MDCRoot } from '@nuxtjs/mdc'
+import type { MDCRoot } from '@nuxtjs/mdc'
 import type { DatabaseItem, DatabasePageItem, MarkdownParsingOptions } from 'nuxt-studio/app'
-import type { Node } from 'unist'
 import { consola } from 'consola'
 import { ContentFileExtension } from '../../types/content'
 import { parseMarkdown } from '@nuxtjs/mdc/runtime/parser/index'
 import { stringifyMarkdown } from '@nuxtjs/mdc/runtime'
-import { visit } from 'unist-util-visit'
 import { compressTree, decompressTree } from '@nuxt/content/runtime'
 import destr from 'destr'
 import { parseFrontMatter, stringifyFrontMatter } from 'remark-mdc'
@@ -109,14 +107,6 @@ export async function generateDocumentFromMarkdownContent(id: string, content: s
     },
   })
 
-  // Remove nofollow from links (skip when preserving attributes for comparison purposes)
-  if (!options.preserveLinkAttributes) {
-    visit(document.body, (node: unknown) => (node as MDCElement).type === 'element' && (node as MDCElement).tag === 'a', (node: unknown) => {
-      // TODO: handle rel custom properties
-      Reflect.deleteProperty((node as MDCElement).props!, 'rel')
-    })
-  }
-
   let body = document.body as never as MarkdownRoot
   if (options.compress && document.body.type === 'root') {
     body = compressTree(document.body)
@@ -177,12 +167,6 @@ export async function generateContentFromMarkdownDocument(document: DatabaseItem
   // @ts-expect-error todo fix MarkdownRoot/MDCRoot conversion in MDC module
   const body = document.body!.type === 'minimark' ? decompressTree(document.body) : (document.body as MDCRoot)
 
-  // Remove nofollow from links
-  visit(body, (node: Node) => (node as MDCElement).type === 'element' && (node as MDCElement).tag === 'a', (node: Node) => {
-    // TODO: handle rel custom properties
-    Reflect.deleteProperty((node as MDCElement).props!, 'rel')
-  })
-
   const markdown = await stringifyMarkdown(body, cleanDataKeys(document), {
     frontMatter: {
       options: {