diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 6b58456..fde1d72 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1.16.0 / 2024-09-10
+===================
+
+* Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
+
+
 1.15.0 / 2022-03-24
 ===================
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b7d3984..3f3e64e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ function createRedirectDirectoryListener () {
 
     // reformat the URL
     var loc = encodeUrl(url.format(originalUrl))
-    var doc = createHtmlDocument('Redirecting', 'Redirecting to <a href="' + escapeHtml(loc) + '">' +
-      escapeHtml(loc) + '</a>')
+    var doc = createHtmlDocument('Redirecting', 'Redirecting to ' + escapeHtml(loc))
 
     // send redirect response
     res.statusCode = 301
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d935f5..47d9789 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "serve-static",
   "description": "Serve static files",
-  "version": "1.15.0",
+  "version": "1.16.0",
   "author": "Douglas Christopher Wilson <doug@somethingdoug.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "expressjs/serve-static",
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index e1e3fd1..7bce038 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ describe('serveStatic()', function () {
       request(server)
         .get('/users')
         .expect('Location', '/users/')
-        .expect(301, /<a href="\/users\/">/, done)
+        .expect(301, /\/users\//, done)
     })
 
     it('should redirect directories with query string', function (done) {
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ describe('serveStatic()', function () {
         .get('/snow')
         .expect('Location', '/snow%20%E2%98%83/')
         .expect('Content-Type', /html/)
-        .expect(301, />Redirecting to <a href="\/snow%20%E2%98%83\/">\/snow%20%E2%98%83\/<\/a></, done)
+        .expect(301, />Redirecting to \/snow%20%E2%98%83\/</, done)
     })
 
     it('should respond with default Content-Security-Policy', function (done) {