diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts
index fb6c0a186920702ed0b6b8fec611b582fefa2faf..22d3cf6d0a52f44db294bfa56a177e7d27a37c42 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ export class SearchEditor extends BaseTextEditor {
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected getConfigurationOverrides() {
+		return { ...super.getConfigurationOverrides(), links: false };
+	}
+
 	private createResultsEditor(parent: HTMLElement) {
 		const searchResultContainer = DOM.append(parent, DOM.$('.search-results'));
 		super.createEditor(searchResultContainer);