diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_index.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_index.scss
index 4e1b4f67ab6..035f7d918cd 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_index.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_index.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 @forward 'full-screen';
 @forward 'hr';
 @forward 'language-picker';
+@forward 'link';
 @forward 'header';
 @forward 'page-heading';
 @forward 'profile-section';
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_link.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_link.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dcafd7afa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_link.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// USWDS link screen reader text needs improvement for placement and lack of localization support,
+// and conflicts with `new_tab_link_to` customizations.
+//
+// See: https://github.com/uswds/uswds/issues/5942
+.usa-link--external::before,
+.usa-link--external[target='_blank']::before {
+  content: '';
+}