diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts
index e44c043a14d6..964d67876fc6 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ export const linkPlugin = (
         // internal anchor links
         !url.startsWith('#') &&
         // mail links
-        !url.startsWith('mailto:')
+        !url.startsWith('mailto:') &&
+        // links to files (other than html/md)
+        !/\.(?!html|md)\w+($|\?)/i.test(url)
       ) {
         normalizeHref(hrefAttr)
       }
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ export const linkPlugin = (
       const [, path, hash] = indexMatch
       url = path + hash
     } else {
-      let cleanUrl = url.replace(/\#.*$/, '').replace(/\?.*$/, '')
+      let cleanUrl = url.replace(/[?#].*$/, '')
       // .md -> .html
       if (cleanUrl.endsWith('.md')) {
         cleanUrl = cleanUrl.replace(/\.md$/, '.html')
diff --git a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
index a596e22bfc3d..937a3d83a57f 100644
--- a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ export function createMarkdownToVueRenderFn(
     if (data.links) {
       const dir = path.dirname(file)
       for (let url of data.links) {
+        if (/\.(?!html|md)\w+($|\?)/i.test(url)) continue
+
         if (url.replace(EXTERNAL_URL_RE, '').startsWith('//localhost:')) {
           recordDeadLink(url)
           continue