diff --git a/lib/plugins/config/admin.php b/lib/plugins/config/admin.php
index 401ab6b47cd6acb941780b547969bb710130f361..b4c7681cfad02e58eba68b9bd21975b1cbc0efe3 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/config/admin.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/config/admin.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class admin_plugin_config extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
           $error = $setting->error() ? ' class="value error"' : ' class="value"';
 
           ptln('    <tr'.$class.'>');
-          ptln('      <td><a class="nolink" title="$'.$this->_config->_name.'[\''.$setting->_out_key().'\']">'.$label.'</a></td>');
+          ptln('      <td><span title="$'.$this->_config->_name.'[\''.$setting->_out_key().'\']">'.$label.'</span></td>');
           ptln('      <td'.$error.'>'.$input.'</td>');
           ptln('    </tr>');
         }
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class admin_plugin_config extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
             $undefined_setting_key = $setting->_key;
           }
           ptln('  <tr>');
-          ptln('    <td><a class="nolink" title="$meta[\''.$undefined_setting_key.'\']">$'.$this->_config->_name.'[\''.$setting->_out_key().'\']</a></td>');
+          ptln('    <td><span title="$meta[\''.$undefined_setting_key.'\']">$'.$this->_config->_name.'[\''.$setting->_out_key().'\']</span></td>');
           ptln('    <td>'.$this->getLang('_msg_'.get_class($setting)).'</td>');
           ptln('  </tr>');
         }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/config/style.css b/lib/plugins/config/style.css
index d5532e00d55e51fef1ac182b991e3c58c5c9c0b5..ce3dc5e90e324660775b63e794d20c8f37a52705 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/config/style.css
+++ b/lib/plugins/config/style.css
@@ -55,17 +55,6 @@
 
 #config__manager td.error  { background-color: red; }
 
-#config__manager a.nolink { text-decoration: none; }
-#config__manager a.nolink,
-#config__manager a.nolink:link,
-#config__manager a.nolink:visited,
-#config__manager a.nolink:hover {
-    color: __black__;
-}
-#config__manager a.nolink:active {
-    color: __dark__;
-}
-
 #config__manager .selection {
   width: 14em;
   float: left;