diff --git a/anchor-markdown-header.js b/anchor-markdown-header.js
index 29e7531..cdb2bb5 100644
--- a/anchor-markdown-header.js
+++ b/anchor-markdown-header.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ function basicGithubId(text) {
   return text.replace(/ /g,'-')
     // escape codes
     .replace(/%([abcdef]|\d){2,2}/ig, '')
+    // link URLs are removed
+    .replace(/\[(.*)\]\(.*\)/, '$1')
     // single chars that are removed
     .replace(/[\/?!:\[\]`.,()*"';{}+=<>~\$|#@&–—]/g,'')
     // CJK punctuations that are removed
diff --git a/test/anchor-markdown-header.js b/test/anchor-markdown-header.js
index 895e934..747d671 100644
--- a/test/anchor-markdown-header.js
+++ b/test/anchor-markdown-header.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ test('\ngenerating anchor in github mode', function (t) {
   , [ '👷🏼‍♀️ Maintenance', null, '#%EF%B8%8F-maintenance']
   , [ 'Alarm clock ⏰', null, '#alarm-clock-']
   , [ 'Apple Watch ⌚️', null, '#apple-watch-%EF%B8%8F']
+  , [ 'Remove Markdown links [`EventEmitter`](http://nodejs.org/api/events.html)', null, '#remove-markdown-links-eventemitter']
   ].forEach(function (x) { check(x[0], x[1], x[2]) });
   t.end();
 })