diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs
index ef64f344c7..d9af4928f7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoHelper.cs
@@ -233,10 +233,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 				ItemRenderer.Instance.Load(item);
 				ItemRenderer.Instance.Render(item, htmlWriter);
 				
-				//Now, we need to ensure that local links are parsed
-				return new HtmlString(
-					TemplateUtilities.ParseInternalLinks(
-						output.ToString()));
+				//because we are rendering the output through the legacy Item (webforms) stuff, the {localLinks} will already be replaced.
+				return new HtmlString(output.ToString());
 			}
 		}