diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.scss
index 3049673456e..a30b39acb98 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
   margin: 0;
   font-weight: normal;
   color: $text-color;
+  &:visited {
+    // covers cases where we add button classes to links
+    color: $text-color;
+  }
   background-color: $bg-color;
   background-image: linear-gradient(
     to bottom,