diff --git a/src/conversejs/converse.js b/src/conversejs/converse.js
index 79161bc4433c96d012603da9e04a8f7edd7fe290..2b95ef73f765c8ffdfc0b033341261fa31e58ab2 100644
--- a/src/conversejs/converse.js
+++ b/src/conversejs/converse.js
@@ -89711,7 +89711,7 @@ var form_username_default = /*#__PURE__*/__webpack_require__.n(form_username);
 
 // CONCATENATED MODULE: ./src/templates/directives/image.js
 function image_templateObject() {
-  const data = image_taggedTemplateLiteral(["<a href=\"", "\"\n                class=\"chat-image__link\"\n                target=\"_blank\"\n                rel=\"noopener\"\n            ><img class=\"chat-image img-thumbnail\" src=\"", "\" @click=", " @error=", " @load=", "/></a>"]);
+  const data = image_taggedTemplateLiteral(["<img class=\"chat-image img-thumbnail\" src=\"", "\" @click=", " @error=", " @load=", "/>"]);
 
   image_templateObject = function () {
     return data;
@@ -89750,7 +89750,7 @@ const renderImage = directive_directive((src, href, onLoad, onClick) => part =>
     }
   }
 
-  part.setValue(lit_html_html(image_templateObject(), href, src, onClick, onError, onLoad));
+  part.setValue(lit_html_html(image_templateObject(), src, onClick, onError, onLoad));
 });
 // CONCATENATED MODULE: ./src/templates/image.js
 function templates_image_templateObject() {
@@ -92231,7 +92231,7 @@ class body_MessageBodyRenderer {
   async transform() {
     const show_images = core_api.settings.get('show_images_inline');
     const offset = 0;
-    const text = new text_MessageText(this.text, this.model, offset, show_images, () => this.scrollDownOnImageLoad(), ev => this.component.showImageModal(ev));
+    const text = new text_MessageText(this.text, this.model, offset, show_images, () => this.scrollDownOnImageLoad(), () => {});
     await text.addTemplates();
     return text.payload;
   }