diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css
index d6f1bd7819..15f145a926 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/css/style-editor.css
@@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .wp-block a {
-	color: var(--wp--style--color--link, var(--global--color-primary));
+	color: var(--wp--style--color--link);
 }
 
 .wp-block a:hover {
diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/style.css b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/style.css
index 45600e20fc..1e8c3d4cf8 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/style.css
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/style.css
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ pre {
  */
 a {
 	cursor: pointer;
-	color: var(--wp--style--color--link, var(--global--color-primary));
+	color: var(--wp--style--color--link);
 	text-underline-offset: 3px;
 	text-decoration-skip-ink: all;
 }
@@ -2828,7 +2828,7 @@ p.has-background {
 }
 
 p.has-text-color a {
-	color: var(--wp--style--color--link, var(--global--color-primary));
+	color: var(--wp--style--color--link);
 }
 
 pre.wp-block-preformatted {