diff --git a/app/components/layout/footer_component.rb b/app/components/layout/footer_component.rb
index 17dce63f0..c81d102ac 100644
--- a/app/components/layout/footer_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/layout/footer_component.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ class Layout::FooterComponent < ApplicationComponent
   private
 
     def open_source_link
-      link_to(t("layouts.footer.open_source"), t("layouts.footer.open_source_url"), target: "_blank",
-                                                                                    rel: "nofollow")
+      link_to(t("layouts.footer.open_source"), t("layouts.footer.open_source_url"), rel: "nofollow")
     end
 
     def repository_link
-      link_to(t("layouts.footer.consul"), t("layouts.footer.consul_url"), target: "_blank",
-                                                                          rel: "nofollow")
+      link_to(t("layouts.footer.consul"), t("layouts.footer.consul_url"), rel: "nofollow")
     end
 end
diff --git a/spec/components/layout/footer_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/layout/footer_component_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83b509506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/components/layout/footer_component_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe Layout::FooterComponent do
+  describe "description links" do
+    it "generates links that open in the same tab" do
+      render_inline Layout::FooterComponent.new
+
+      page.find(".info") do |info|
+        expect(info).not_to have_css "a[target]"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end