diff --git a/src/JsonApiResource/ResourceObject.php b/src/JsonApiResource/ResourceObject.php
index 599318f..662cd0b 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiResource/ResourceObject.php
+++ b/src/JsonApiResource/ResourceObject.php
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class ResourceObject implements CacheableDependencyInterface, ResourceIdentifier
    *   The entity to be represented by this resource object.
    * @param \Drupal\jsonapi\JsonApiResource\LinkCollection $links
    *   (optional) Any links for the resource object, if a `self` link is not
-   *   provided, one will be automatically added if the resource is locatable.
+   *   provided, one will be automatically added if the resource is locatable
+   *   and is not an internal entity.
    */
   public function __construct(ResourceType $resource_type, EntityInterface $entity, LinkCollection $links = NULL) {
     $this->setCacheability($entity);
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class ResourceObject implements CacheableDependencyInterface, ResourceIdentifier
     $this->fields = $this->extractFields($entity);
     $this->resourceIdentifier = new ResourceIdentifier($resource_type, $this->entity->uuid());
     $this->links = is_null($links) ? (new LinkCollection([]))->withContext($this) : $links->withContext($this);
-    if ($resource_type->isLocatable() && !$this->links->hasLinkWithKey('self')) {
+    if ($resource_type->isLocatable() && !$resource_type->isInternal() && !$this->links->hasLinkWithKey('self')) {
       $self_link = Url::fromRoute(Routes::getRouteName($this->getResourceType(), 'individual'), ['entity' => $this->getId()]);
       $this->links = $this->links->withLink('self', new Link(new CacheableMetadata(), $self_link, ['self']));
     }
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/ShortcutTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/ShortcutTest.php
index 26bdaf6..768c5fc 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/ShortcutTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/ShortcutTest.php
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class ShortcutTest extends ResourceTestBase {
       'label' => 'Alternate',
     ]);
     $alternate_shortcut_set->save();
+    \Drupal::service('router.builder')->rebuildIfNeeded();
     $this->entity->shortcut_set = $alternate_shortcut_set->id();
     $this->entity->save();