diff --git a/stylesheets/base/global/_universal.styl b/stylesheets/base/global/_universal.styl
index 6b9d8724..902bd671 100644
--- a/stylesheets/base/global/_universal.styl
+++ b/stylesheets/base/global/_universal.styl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 img
   border: 0
 
-#content a:hover
+#content a:hover:not(p), #content a:hover:not(div)
   text-decoration: underline
 
 a
diff --git a/stylesheets/patterns-cob-theme.styl b/stylesheets/patterns-cob-theme.styl
index 54e80ffd..f212ac77 100644
--- a/stylesheets/patterns-cob-theme.styl
+++ b/stylesheets/patterns-cob-theme.styl
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ a:active,
 a:hover {
     outline: 0
 }
-#content a:hover {
+#content a:hover:not(div), #content a:hover:not(p) {
     text-decoration: underline
 }
 @media print {