diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
index 4165b5447a..ffa2a922f9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ fn make_data(
     Ok(data)
 }
 
-/// Goes through part of the rendered print page HTML,
+/// Go through the rendered print page HTML,
 /// add path id prefix to all the elements id as well as footnote links.
 fn build_print_element_id(html: &str, path_id: &str) -> String {
     static ALL_ID: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r#"(<[^>]*?id=")([^"]+?)""#).unwrap());
@@ -842,27 +842,13 @@ fn build_print_element_id(html: &str, path_id: &str) -> String {
         .unwrap()
     });
 
-    if path_id.is_empty() {
-        return html.to_string();
-    }
-
-    let temp_html = ALL_ID
-        .replace_all(html, |caps: &Captures<'_>| {
-            let mut fixed = String::new();
-            fixed.push_str(&path_id);
-            fixed.push_str("-");
-            fixed.push_str(&caps[2]);
-            format!("{}{}\"", &caps[1], fixed)
-        })
-        .into_owned();
+    let temp_html = ALL_ID.replace_all(html, |caps: &Captures<'_>| {
+        format!("{}{}-{}\"", &caps[1], path_id, &caps[2])
+    });
 
     FOOTNOTE_ID
         .replace_all(&temp_html, |caps: &Captures<'_>| {
-            let mut fixed = String::new();
-            fixed.push_str(&path_id);
-            fixed.push_str("-");
-            fixed.push_str(&caps[2]);
-            format!("{}{}\"", &caps[1], fixed)
+            format!("{}{}-{}\"", &caps[1], path_id, &caps[2])
         })
         .into_owned()
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index b122e506b8..3fb7d6c8ba 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ fn adjust_links<'a>(
     static HTML_MD_LINK: Lazy<Regex> =
         Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"(?P<link>.*)\.(html|md)(?P<anchor>#.*)?").unwrap());
 
-    fn add_base(mut fixed_link: String, path: Option<&Path>) -> String {
+    fn add_base(path: Option<&Path>) -> String {
+        let mut fixed_link = String::new();
         if let Some(path) = path {
             let base = path
                 .parent()
@@ -240,8 +241,11 @@ fn adjust_links<'a>(
         if SCHEME_LINK.is_match(&dest) {
             return dest;
         }
+
+        let closure = |path: Option<&Path>| add_base(path);
+
         // This is a relative link, adjust it as necessary.
-        let mut fixed_link = add_base(String::new(), path);
+        let mut fixed_link = closure(path);
         fixed_link.push_str(&dest);
         CowStr::from(fixed_link)
     }
@@ -276,8 +280,10 @@ fn adjust_links<'a>(
             return dest;
         }
 
+        let closure = |path: Option<&Path>| add_base(path);
+
         // This is a relative link, adjust it as necessary.
-        let mut fixed_link = add_base(String::new(), path);
+        let mut fixed_link = closure(path);
 
         if let Some(caps) = HTML_MD_LINK.captures(&dest) {
             fixed_link.push_str(&caps["link"]);
@@ -321,12 +327,10 @@ fn adjust_links<'a>(
         static IMG_LINK: Lazy<Regex> =
             Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r#"(<img [^>]*?src=")([^"]+?)""#).unwrap());
 
-        let temp_html = IMG_LINK
-            .replace_all(&html, |caps: &regex::Captures<'_>| {
-                let fixed = fix_resource_links(caps[2].into(), path);
-                format!("{}{}\"", &caps[1], fixed)
-            })
-            .into_owned();
+        let temp_html = IMG_LINK.replace_all(&html, |caps: &regex::Captures<'_>| {
+            let fixed = fix_resource_links(caps[2].into(), path);
+            format!("{}{}\"", &caps[1], fixed)
+        });
 
         A_LINK
             .replace_all(&temp_html, |caps: &regex::Captures<'_>| {