diff --git a/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/media/quickInput.css b/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/media/quickInput.css
index 10d987569331d..c236c90ee2588 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/media/quickInput.css
+++ b/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/media/quickInput.css
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
 
 /* Links in descriptions & validations */
 .quick-input-message a {
-	text-decoration: underline;
 	color: inherit;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/quickInputUtils.ts b/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/quickInputUtils.ts
index 86c469ef3c3c5..65df79a2d1881 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/quickInputUtils.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/quickInputUtils.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export function renderQuickInputDescription(description: string, container: HTML
 			}
 
 			const anchor = dom.$('a', { href: node.href, title, tabIndex: tabIndex++ }, node.label);
+			anchor.style.textDecoration = 'underline';
 			const handleOpen = (e: unknown) => {
 				if (dom.isEventLike(e)) {
 					dom.EventHelper.stop(e, true);