diff --git a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
index fcd49bc8..709c6c8d 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ extension ContentTextView: UITextViewDelegate {
         } else {
             // otherwise, regular taps are handled by the gesture recognizer, but the accessibility interaction to select links with the rotor goes through here
             // and this seems to be the only way of overriding what it does
-            handleLinkTapped(url: URL, text: (text as NSString).substring(with: characterRange))
+            if interaction == .invokeDefaultAction {
+                handleLinkTapped(url: URL, text: (text as NSString).substring(with: characterRange))
+            }
             return false
         }
     }