diff --git a/bin/snapshot-libs.js b/bin/snapshot-libs.js
index 791e8ec868b5..481c41fc40d1 100644
--- a/bin/snapshot-libs.js
+++ b/bin/snapshot-libs.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ if (false) {
   require('xterm-addon-fit');
   require('xterm-addon-image');
   require('xterm-addon-search');
-  require('xterm-addon-web-links');
   require('xterm-addon-webgl');
   require('xterm-addon-canvas');
   require('xterm');
diff --git a/lib/components/term.tsx b/lib/components/term.tsx
index 45c1464c97cc..fc1132c6617b 100644
--- a/lib/components/term.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/term.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ import {LigaturesAddon} from 'xterm-addon-ligatures';
 import {SearchAddon} from 'xterm-addon-search';
 import type {ISearchDecorationOptions} from 'xterm-addon-search';
 import {Unicode11Addon} from 'xterm-addon-unicode11';
-import {WebLinksAddon} from 'xterm-addon-web-links';
 import {WebglAddon} from 'xterm-addon-webgl';
+import {LinkProvider} from 'xterm-link-provider';
 
 import type {TermProps} from '../../typings/hyper';
 import terms from '../terms';
+import {FileURLMatcher, URLMatcher} from '../utils/link-matchers';
 import processClipboard from '../utils/paste';
 import {decorate} from '../utils/plugins';
 
@@ -214,10 +215,27 @@ export default class Term extends React.PureComponent<
       this.term.attachCustomKeyEventHandler(this.keyboardHandler);
       this.term.loadAddon(this.fitAddon);
       this.term.loadAddon(this.searchAddon);
-      this.term.loadAddon(
-        new WebLinksAddon((event, uri) => {
-          if (shallActivateWebLink(event)) void shell.openExternal(uri);
-        })
+      this.term.registerLinkProvider(
+        new LinkProvider(
+          this.term,
+          URLMatcher.regex,
+          (event, text) => {
+            if (shallActivateWebLink(event)) void shell.openExternal(text);
+          },
+          {},
+          URLMatcher.matchIndex
+        )
+      );
+      this.term.registerLinkProvider(
+        new LinkProvider(
+          this.term,
+          FileURLMatcher.regex,
+          (event, text) => {
+            if (shallActivateWebLink(event)) void shell.openExternal(text);
+          },
+          {},
+          FileURLMatcher.matchIndex
+        )
       );
       this.term.open(this.termRef);
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/link-matchers.ts b/lib/utils/link-matchers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ab75a6e0e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/link-matchers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+interface linkMatcher {
+  regex: RegExp;
+  matchIndex: number;
+}
+
+// Based on the regex used in xterm-addon-web-links
+export const URLMatcher: linkMatcher = (() => {
+  const protocolClause = '(https?:\\/\\/)';
+  const domainCharacterSet = '[\\da-z\\.-]+';
+  const negatedDomainCharacterSet = '[^\\da-z\\.-]+';
+  const domainBodyClause = '(' + domainCharacterSet + ')';
+  const tldClause = '([a-z\\.]{2,6})';
+  const ipClause = '((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3})';
+  const localHostClause = '(localhost)';
+  const portClause = '(:\\d{1,5})';
+  const hostClause =
+    '((' + domainBodyClause + '\\.' + tldClause + ')|' + ipClause + '|' + localHostClause + ')' + portClause + '?';
+  const pathCharacterSet = '(\\/[\\/\\w\\.\\-%~:+@]*)*([^:"\'\\s])';
+  const pathClause = '(' + pathCharacterSet + ')?';
+  const queryStringHashFragmentCharacterSet = "[0-9\\w\\[\\]\\(\\)\\/\\?\\!#@$%&'*+,:;~\\=\\.\\-]*";
+  const queryStringClause = '(\\?' + queryStringHashFragmentCharacterSet + ')?';
+  const hashFragmentClause = '(#' + queryStringHashFragmentCharacterSet + ')?';
+  const negatedPathCharacterSet = '[^\\/\\w\\.\\-%]+';
+  const bodyClause = hostClause + pathClause + queryStringClause + hashFragmentClause;
+  const start = '(?:^|' + negatedDomainCharacterSet + ')(';
+  const end = ')($|' + negatedPathCharacterSet + ')';
+  return {regex: new RegExp(start + protocolClause + bodyClause + end), matchIndex: 1};
+})();
+
+// Simple file url matcher
+export const FileURLMatcher: linkMatcher = (() => {
+  const protocolClause = '(file:\\/\\/)';
+  const negatedDomainCharacterSet = '[^\\da-z\\.-]+';
+  const pathCharacterSet = '(\\/[\\/\\w\\.\\-%~:+@]*)*([^:"\'\\s])';
+  const pathClause = '(' + pathCharacterSet + ')';
+  const negatedPathCharacterSet = '[^\\/\\w\\.\\-%]+';
+  const bodyClause = pathClause;
+  const start = '(?:^|' + negatedDomainCharacterSet + ')(';
+  const end = ')($|' + negatedPathCharacterSet + ')';
+  return {regex: new RegExp(start + protocolClause + bodyClause + end), matchIndex: 1};
+})();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e871a104836..e4058eefa212 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
     "xterm-addon-ligatures": "0.7.0",
     "xterm-addon-search": "0.13.0",
     "xterm-addon-unicode11": "0.6.0",
-    "xterm-addon-web-links": "0.9.0",
-    "xterm-addon-webgl": "0.16.0"
+    "xterm-addon-webgl": "0.16.0",
+    "xterm-link-provider": "1.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@ava/babel": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/webpack.config.ts b/webpack.config.ts
index 432b575f2ee2..fc0c2cda15fc 100644
--- a/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ const config: webpack.Configuration[] = [
       'xterm-addon-fit': 'require("./node_modules/xterm-addon-fit/lib/xterm-addon-fit.js")',
       'xterm-addon-image': 'require("./node_modules/xterm-addon-image/lib/xterm-addon-image.js")',
       'xterm-addon-search': 'require("./node_modules/xterm-addon-search/lib/xterm-addon-search.js")',
-      'xterm-addon-web-links': 'require("./node_modules/xterm-addon-web-links/lib/xterm-addon-web-links.js")',
       'xterm-addon-webgl': 'require("./node_modules/xterm-addon-webgl/lib/xterm-addon-webgl.js")',
       'xterm-addon-canvas': 'require("./node_modules/xterm-addon-canvas/lib/xterm-addon-canvas.js")',
       xterm: 'require("./node_modules/xterm/lib/xterm.js")'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 001c2b33b5d1..9942feef4f11 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8318,21 +8318,28 @@ xterm-addon-unicode11@0.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xterm-addon-unicode11/-/xterm-addon-unicode11-0.6.0.tgz#733fd17bdf2ae6e818493db1d41241c999de0786"
   integrity sha512-5pkb8YoS/deRtNqQRw8t640mu+Ga8B2MG3RXGQu0bwgcfr8XiXIRI880TWM49ICAHhTmnOLPzIIBIjEnCq7k2A==
 
-xterm-addon-web-links@0.9.0:
-  version "0.9.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xterm-addon-web-links/-/xterm-addon-web-links-0.9.0.tgz#c65b18588d1f613e703eb6feb7f129e7ff1c63e7"
-  integrity sha512-LIzi4jBbPlrKMZF3ihoyqayWyTXAwGfu4yprz1aK2p71e9UKXN6RRzVONR0L+Zd+Ik5tPVI9bwp9e8fDTQh49Q==
-
 xterm-addon-webgl@0.16.0:
   version "0.16.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xterm-addon-webgl/-/xterm-addon-webgl-0.16.0.tgz#9872d08a64136f893b27ef9a6412136d3bf563c4"
   integrity sha512-E8cq1AiqNOv0M/FghPT+zPAEnvIQRDbAbkb04rRYSxUym69elPWVJ4sv22FCLBqM/3LcrmBLl/pELnBebVFKgA==
 
+xterm-link-provider@1.3.1:
+  version "1.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xterm-link-provider/-/xterm-link-provider-1.3.1.tgz#69727223220dfa8758056ad6b2b5394a8454b9cb"
+  integrity sha512-uOlaIeUED6kJeL2nIIf5YwreO0obMhsC0RWypEUmWkz7SAQewzgwdWFjQ2He7NGcT93c4KUf8bRgAu8cV9bAYA==
+  dependencies:
+    xterm "^4.6.0"
+
 xterm@5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xterm/-/xterm-5.3.0.tgz#867daf9cc826f3d45b5377320aabd996cb0fce46"
   integrity sha512-8QqjlekLUFTrU6x7xck1MsPzPA571K5zNqWm0M0oroYEWVOptZ0+ubQSkQ3uxIEhcIHRujJy6emDWX4A7qyFzg==
 
+xterm@^4.6.0:
+  version "4.14.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xterm/-/xterm-4.14.1.tgz#6884cb8fb3b83353b1a98139ea23daedf8e35796"
+  integrity sha512-jgzNg5BuGPwq5/M4dGnmbghZvHx2jaj+9crSEt15bV34Za49VziBmCu7zIy88zUKKiGTxeo7aVzirFSJArIMFw==
+
 y18n@^5.0.5:
   version "5.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/y18n/-/y18n-5.0.5.tgz#8769ec08d03b1ea2df2500acef561743bbb9ab18"