diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1933fa5b8..489337265 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         "hast-util-to-html": "^9.0.3",
         "hast-util-to-jsx-runtime": "^2.3.2",
         "hast-util-to-string": "^3.0.1",
-        "is-absolute-url": "^4.0.1",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
         "lightningcss": "^1.28.1",
         "mdast-util-find-and-replace": "^3.0.1",
@@ -4094,17 +4093,6 @@
         "node": ">=12"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/is-absolute-url": {
-      "version": "4.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-absolute-url/-/is-absolute-url-4.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/51/TKE88Lmm7Gc4/8btclNXWS+g50wXhYJq8HWIBAGUBnoAdRu1aXeh364t/O7wXDAcTJDP8PNuNKWUDWie+A==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/is-alphabetical": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-alphabetical/-/is-alphabetical-2.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11c1c91ea..b0247eb46 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     "hast-util-to-html": "^9.0.3",
     "hast-util-to-jsx-runtime": "^2.3.2",
     "hast-util-to-string": "^3.0.1",
-    "is-absolute-url": "^4.0.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "lightningcss": "^1.28.1",
     "mdast-util-find-and-replace": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
index 94ef04031..86a880374 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 } from "../../util/path"
 import path from "path"
 import { visit } from "unist-util-visit"
-import isAbsoluteUrl from "is-absolute-url"
 import { ElementContent, Root } from "hast"
 
 type Sub = [RegExp, string | ElementContent]
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
                 }
 
                 // don't process external links or intra-document anchors
-                const isInternal = !(isAbsoluteUrl(dest) || dest.startsWith("#"))
+                const isInternal = !(URL.canParse(dest) || dest.startsWith("#"))
                 if (isInternal) {
                   dest = node.properties.href = transformLink(
                     file.data.slug!,
@@ -170,8 +169,9 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
                   node.properties.loading = "lazy"
                 }
 
-                if (!isAbsoluteUrl(node.properties.src)) {
+                if (!URL.canParse(node.properties.src)) {
                   let dest = node.properties.src as RelativeURL
+                  console.log(dest)
                   dest = node.properties.src = transformLink(
                     file.data.slug!,
                     dest,