--- sites/modules/all/link/link.theme.inc	2011-03-11 00:27:00.000000000 -0500
+++ sites/modules/all/link/link.theme.inc	2011-02-24 21:06:58.000000000 -0500
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@
   unset($element['#item']['attributes']['class']);
   $title = empty($element['#item']['title']) ? '' : check_plain($element['#item']['title']);
 
-  if (($title == '') && empty($element['#item']['url'])) {
-  	return '';
-  }
-
   $output = '';
   $output .= '<div class="link-item '. $class .'">';