diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/resources/xslt/dfg-viewer.xsl b/Kitodo/src/main/resources/xslt/dfg-viewer.xsl
index 520324f3cd0..a38b30f33cc 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/resources/xslt/dfg-viewer.xsl
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/resources/xslt/dfg-viewer.xsl
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
                 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                 xmlns:mets="http://www.loc.gov/METS/"
-                xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
                 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                 xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"
                 xmlns:dv="http://dfg-viewer.de/"