diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-development-environment.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-development-environment.xml
index 112e7f9ea8..c0ac573750 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-development-environment.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-development-environment.xml
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@
         The following diagram represents development at a high level.
         The remainder of this chapter expands on the fundamental input, output,
         process, and
-        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#metadata'>Metadata</ulink>) blocks
+        <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>) blocks
         that make up development in the Yocto Project environment.
     </para>
 
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@
             a build.
             These files are <filename>*.conf</filename> files.
             The minimally necessary ones reside as example files in the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
+            <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>.
             For simplicity, this section refers to the Source Directory as
             the "Poky Directory."
         </para>