diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index f2c79b840ef11..7a08ee5abcce5 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ const PDFViewerApplication = {
       this.pdfDocumentProperties.setDocument(null);
     }
     webViewerResetPermissions();
+    this.pdfLinkService.externalLinkEnabled = true;
     this._fellback = false;
     this.store = null;
     this.isInitialViewSet = false;
diff --git a/web/pdf_link_service.js b/web/pdf_link_service.js
index 29d6d2daaab98..54ff04594c197 100644
--- a/web/pdf_link_service.js
+++ b/web/pdf_link_service.js
@@ -41,13 +41,12 @@ class PDFLinkService {
     eventBus,
     externalLinkTarget = null,
     externalLinkRel = null,
-    externalLinkEnabled = true,
     ignoreDestinationZoom = false,
   } = {}) {
     this.eventBus = eventBus;
     this.externalLinkTarget = externalLinkTarget;
     this.externalLinkRel = externalLinkRel;
-    this.externalLinkEnabled = externalLinkEnabled;
+    this.externalLinkEnabled = true;
     this._ignoreDestinationZoom = ignoreDestinationZoom;
 
     this.baseUrl = null;