diff --git a/app/assets/sass/application.scss b/app/assets/sass/application.scss
index 12030741fb..6ae3080dd7 100644
--- a/app/assets/sass/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/sass/application.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // global styles for <a> and <p> tags
 $govuk-global-styles: true;
+$govuk-new-link-styles: true;
 
 // We can't mount GOV.UK Frontend's assets at root as it's done automatically by the extensions framework.
 $govuk-assets-path: '/govuk/assets/';
diff --git a/docs/assets/sass/docs.scss b/docs/assets/sass/docs.scss
index 3e73db1093..958849f4be 100644
--- a/docs/assets/sass/docs.scss
+++ b/docs/assets/sass/docs.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // We can't mount GOV.UK Frontend's assets at root as it's done automatically by the extensions framework.
 $govuk-assets-path: '/govuk/assets/';
 
+$govuk-new-link-styles: true;
+
 @import "node_modules/govuk-frontend/govuk/all";
 
 img{