diff --git a/src/__tests__/handler/documentLinks.test.ts b/src/__tests__/handler/documentLinks.test.ts
index f66ee240aa1..6294cfb1c21 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/handler/documentLinks.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/handler/documentLinks.test.ts
@@ -258,10 +258,8 @@ describe('LinkBuffer', () => {
   })
 
   it('should do highlight', async () => {
-    let empty = false
     disposables.push(languages.registerDocumentLinkProvider([{ language: '*' }], {
       provideDocumentLinks: (doc: TextDocument) => {
-        if (empty) return []
         let links: DocumentLink[] = []
         for (let i = 0; i < doc.lineCount - 1; i++) {
           links.push(DocumentLink.create(Range.create(i, 0, i, 1), 'test:///bar'))
@@ -286,9 +284,5 @@ describe('LinkBuffer', () => {
     doc._forceSync()
     let hls = await buf.buffer.getHighlights('links')
     expect(hls.length).toBe(2)
-    empty = true
-    await buf.getLinks()
-    hls = await buf.buffer.getHighlights('links')
-    expect(hls.length).toBe(0)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/handler/links.ts b/src/handler/links.ts
index 6a55f1e726f..91654df0f45 100644
--- a/src/handler/links.ts
+++ b/src/handler/links.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export default class Links implements Disposable {
 }
 
 class LinkBuffer implements SyncItem {
+  private currentVersion = -1
   private tokenSource: CancellationTokenSource | undefined
   private _config: LinkConfig | undefined
   public links: DocumentLink[] = []
@@ -215,7 +216,9 @@ class LinkBuffer implements SyncItem {
   }
 
   public async getLinks(): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.hasProvider || !this.config.enable) return
+    if (!this.hasProvider || !this.config.enable || this.currentVersion === this.doc.version) return
+    this.currentVersion = this.doc.version
+
     this.cancel()
     let tokenSource = this.tokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource()
     let token = tokenSource.token