diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
index 08bb9e31617..1432850ff7c 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ const Link = Widget.extend({
             title: _t("Link to"),
         }, this.options));
 
+        this._setLinkContent = true;
+
         this.data = data || {};
         this.isButton = this.data.isButton;
         this.$button = $button;
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ const Link = Widget.extend({
         if (!this.$link.attr('target')) {
             this.$link[0].removeAttribute('target');
         }
-        if (data.content !== this.data.originalText || data.url !== this.data.url) {
+        if (this._setLinkContent && (data.content !== this.data.originalText || data.url !== this.data.url)) {
             const content = (data.content && data.content.length) ? data.content : data.url;
             // If there is a this.data.originalText, it means that we selected
             // the text and we could not change the content through the text
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
index 185c8d2e75f..0dd67dcebd9 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ odoo.define('wysiwyg.widgets.LinkTools', function (require) {
 const Link = require('wysiwyg.widgets.Link');
 const {ColorPaletteWidget} = require('web_editor.ColorPalette');
 const {ColorpickerWidget} = require('web.Colorpicker');
-const OdooEditorLib = require('@web_editor/../lib/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor');
 const dom = require('web.dom');
 const {
     computeColorClasses,
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ const {
     isColorGradient,
 } = require('web_editor.utils');
 
-const setSelection = OdooEditorLib.setSelection;
-
 /**
  * Allows to customize link content and style.
  */
@@ -37,8 +34,13 @@ const LinkTools = Link.extend({
             $(node).wrap('<a href="#"/>');
             node = node.parentElement;
         }
-        const link = node || this.getOrCreateLink(editable);
-        this._super(parent, options, editable, data, $button, link);
+        this._link = node || this.getOrCreateLink(editable);
+        this._observer = new MutationObserver(() =>{
+            this._setLinkContent = false;
+            this._observer.disconnect();
+        });
+        this._observer.observe(this._link, {subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true});
+        this._super(parent, options, editable, data, $button, this._link);
         // Keep track of each selected custom color and colorpicker.
         this.customColors = {};
         this.colorpickers = {};
@@ -70,9 +72,16 @@ const LinkTools = Link.extend({
         this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive();
         this.applyLinkToDom(this._getData());
         this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyStep();
+        this._observer.disconnect();
         this._super(...arguments);
     },
 
+    applyLinkToDom() {
+        this._observer.disconnect();
+        this._super(...arguments);
+        this._observer.observe(this._link, {subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true});
+    },
+
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Private
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------