diff --git a/submodules/smartling_translation_context/includes/html_save_complete.inc b/submodules/smartling_translation_context/includes/html_save_complete.inc
index 97a6cb60..fee89ac1 100644
--- a/submodules/smartling_translation_context/includes/html_save_complete.inc
+++ b/submodules/smartling_translation_context/includes/html_save_complete.inc
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ class HtmlSaveComplete {
           $tag->parentNode->removeChild($tag);
         }
       }
+      elseif (strtolower($tag->nodeName) === 'link') {
+        # discard link elements unless they refer to stylesheets
+        if (stripos($tag->getAttribute('rel'), 'stylesheet') === FALSE) {
+          $tag->parentNode->removeChild($tag);
+        } else {
+          $tag->setAttribute('href', $this->getFullUrl($tag->getAttribute('href')));
+        }
+      }
       else {
         $tag->parentNode->removeChild($tag);
       }
@@ -382,4 +390,4 @@ class HtmlSaveComplete {
     }
   }

-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}