diff --git a/lib/pretty_text.rb b/lib/pretty_text.rb
index a627ac13f45..d72496074cb 100644
--- a/lib/pretty_text.rb
+++ b/lib/pretty_text.rb
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ module PrettyText
 
     # extract all links from the post
     doc.css("a").each { |l|
-      unless l["href"].blank?
+      unless l["href"].blank? || "#".freeze == l["href"][0]
         links << DetectedLink.new(l["href"])
       end
     }
diff --git a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
index d01cd512751..c30be629f6b 100644
--- a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ HTML
       expect(extract_urls("<aside class=\"quote\" data-topic=\"1234\" data-post=\"4567\">aside</aside>")).to eq(["/t/topic/1234/4567"])
     end
 
+    it "should not extract links to anchors" do
+      expect(extract_urls("<a href='#tos'>TOS</a>")).to eq([])
+    end
+
     it "should not extract links inside quotes" do
       links = PrettyText.extract_links("
         <a href='http://body_only.com'>http://useless1.com</a>