diff --git a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.tsx b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.tsx
rename to apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.ts
index 6defd2bee8..fe64754f94 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ import {
 } from "@element-hq/web-shared-components";
 import { logger as rootLogger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 import { type IPreviewUrlResponse, type MatrixClient, MatrixError, type MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import React, { type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { decode } from "html-entities";
 
 import { isPermalinkHost } from "../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 import { mediaFromMxc } from "../../customisations/Media";
 import PlatformPeg from "../../PlatformPeg";
 import { thumbHeight } from "../../ImageUtils";
 import SettingsStore from "../../settings/SettingsStore";
-import { Linkify } from "../../Linkify";
-import { decode } from "html-entities";
 
 const logger = rootLogger.getChild("UrlPreviewViewModel");
 
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ export class UrlPreviewViewModel
 
         return {
             title,
-            description: description && <Linkify>{decode(description)}</Linkify>,
+            description: description && decode(description),
             siteName,
         };
     }