diff --git a/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex b/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex
index bc59e32..9b2507b 100644
--- a/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex
+++ b/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex
@@ -193,5 +193,5 @@
 
 % new command for external links:
 ((* if not design.disable_external_link_icons *))
-\renewcommand{\href}[2]{\hrefWithoutArrow{#1}{\mbox{\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{ }{#2 }\raisebox{.15ex}{\footnotesize \faExternalLink*}}}}
+\renewcommand{\href}[2]{\hrefWithoutArrow{#1}{\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{ }{#2 }\raisebox{.15ex}{\footnotesize \faExternalLink*}}}
 ((* endif *))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex b/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex
index a2e6f7d..60606c5 100644
--- a/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex
+++ b/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex
@@ -182,5 +182,5 @@
 
 % new command for external links:
 ((* if not design.disable_external_link_icons *))
-\renewcommand{\href}[2]{\hrefWithoutArrow{#1}{\mbox{\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{ }{#2 }\raisebox{.15ex}{\footnotesize \faExternalLink*}}}}
+\renewcommand{\href}[2]{\hrefWithoutArrow{#1}{\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{ }{#2 }\raisebox{.15ex}{\footnotesize \faExternalLink*}}}
 ((* endif *))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex b/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex
index ac0e886..7581abb 100644
--- a/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex
+++ b/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex
@@ -170,5 +170,5 @@
 
 % new command for external links:
 ((* if not design.disable_external_link_icons *))
-\renewcommand{\href}[2]{\hrefWithoutArrow{#1}{\mbox{\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{ }{#2 }\raisebox{.15ex}{\footnotesize \faExternalLink*}}}}
+\renewcommand{\href}[2]{\hrefWithoutArrow{#1}{\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{ }{#2 }\raisebox{.15ex}{\footnotesize \faExternalLink*}}}
 ((* endif *))
\ No newline at end of file