diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
index db03aa6557..6b64996e38 100644
--- a/apps/web/package.json
+++ b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^11.0.0",
         "jszip": "^3.7.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
-        "linkify-html": "4.3.2",
-        "linkify-react": "4.3.2",
-        "linkify-string": "4.3.2",
-        "linkifyjs": "4.3.2",
         "lodash": "npm:lodash-es@^4.17.21",
         "maplibre-gl": "^5.0.0",
         "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/Linkify.tsx b/apps/web/src/Linkify.tsx
index be007a5cb4..2e38c26a33 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/Linkify.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/Linkify.tsx
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function urlEventListeners(href: string, onClickAction?: () => void): linkifyjs.
     return {};
 }
 
-function userIdEventListeners(href: string, onClickAction?: () => void): linkifyjs.EventListeners {
+export function userIdEventListeners(href: string, onClickAction?: () => void): linkifyjs.EventListeners {
     return {
         click: function (e: MouseEvent) {
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function userIdEventListeners(href: string, onClickAction?: () => void): linkify
     };
 }
 
-function roomAliasEventListeners(href: string, onClickAction?: () => void): linkifyjs.EventListeners {
+export function roomAliasEventListeners(href: string, onClickAction?: () => void): linkifyjs.EventListeners {
     return {
         click: function (e: MouseEvent) {
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ function roomAliasEventListeners(href: string, onClickAction?: () => void): link
     };
 }
 
-function UrlTargetTransformFunction(href: string | string): string {
+function urlTargetTransformFunction(href: string | string): string {
     try {
         const transformed = tryTransformPermalinkToLocalHref(href);
         if (
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ const DefaultLinkifyOptions = {
     roomAliasListener: roomAliasEventListeners,
     urlListener: urlEventListeners,
     hrefTransformer: formatHref,
-    urlTargetTransformer: UrlTargetTransformFunction,
+    urlTargetTransformer: urlTargetTransformFunction,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/linkify-matrix-test.ts b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/linkify-matrix-test.ts
index 38e5c091a0..8e1fd60754 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/linkify-matrix-test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/linkify-matrix-test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Com
 Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 import type { linkifyjs } from "@element-hq/web-shared-components";
-import { options } from "../../src/linkify-matrix";
+import { roomAliasEventListeners, userIdEventListeners } from "../../src/Linkify";
 import dispatcher from "../../src/dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import { Action } from "../../src/dispatcher/actions";
 
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ describe("linkify-matrix", () => {
         it("should intercept clicks with a ViewRoom dispatch", () => {
             const dispatchSpy = jest.spyOn(dispatcher, "dispatch");
 
-            const handlers = (options.events as (href: string, type: string) => linkifyjs.EventListeners)(
-                "#room:server.com",
-                "roomalias",
-            );
-
+            const handlers = roomAliasEventListeners("#room:server.com");
             const event = new MouseEvent("mousedown");
             event.preventDefault = jest.fn();
             handlers!.click(event);
@@ -37,10 +33,7 @@ describe("linkify-matrix", () => {
         it("should intercept clicks with a ViewUser dispatch", () => {
             const dispatchSpy = jest.spyOn(dispatcher, "dispatch");
 
-            const handlers = (options.events as (href: string, type: string) => linkifyjs.EventListeners)(
-                "@localpart:server.com",
-                "userid",
-            );
+            const handlers = userIdEventListeners("@localpart:server.com");
 
             const event = new MouseEvent("mousedown");
             event.preventDefault = jest.fn();
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/utils/LinkedText/LinkedText.stories.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/utils/LinkedText/LinkedText.stories.tsx
index d722373838..7ee618adf1 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/src/utils/LinkedText/LinkedText.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/utils/LinkedText/LinkedText.stories.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Com
 Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 import React from "react";
+import { fn } from "storybook/test";
 
 import type { Meta, StoryFn } from "@storybook/react-vite";
 import { LinkedText } from "./LinkedText";
-import { fn } from "storybook/test";
 
 export default {
     title: "Utils/LinkedText",
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/utils/linkify.test.ts b/packages/shared-components/src/utils/linkify.test.ts
index 0bcc753a7d..a073d8d008 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/src/utils/linkify.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/utils/linkify.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { linkifyjs, LinkifyMatrixOpaqueIdType } from "@element-hq/web-shared-components";
+
+import { linkifyjs, LinkifyMatrixOpaqueIdType } from "./linkify";
 
 describe("linkify-matrix", () => {
     const linkTypesByInitialCharacter: Record<string, string> = {