diff --git a/packages/link/spec/.eslintrc.js b/packages/link/spec/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5226d6921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/link/spec/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module.exports = {
+  env: { jasmine: true },
+  rules: {
+    "node/no-unpublished-require": "off",
+    "node/no-extraneous-require": "off",
+    "no-unused-vars": "off",
+    "no-empty": "off"
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/link/spec/link-spec.js b/packages/link/spec/link-spec.js
index e8a1bb4ce..09d63bd9a 100644
--- a/packages/link/spec/link-spec.js
+++ b/packages/link/spec/link-spec.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ const { shell } = require('electron');
 
 describe('link package', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await atom.packages.activatePackage('language-gfm');
     await atom.packages.activatePackage('language-hyperlink');
+    await atom.packages.activatePackage('language-gfm');
 
     const activationPromise = atom.packages.activatePackage('link');
     atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(atom.workspace), 'link:open');
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ describe('link package', () => {
       await atom.workspace.open('sample.md');
 
       const editor = atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor();
-      editor.setText('// "http://github.com"');
+      let languageMode = editor.getBuffer().getLanguageMode();
+      await languageMode.ready;
+      editor.setText('// http://github.com ');
+      await languageMode.atTransactionEnd();
 
       spyOn(shell, 'openExternal');
       atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
@@ -35,76 +38,80 @@ describe('link package', () => {
       expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe('http://github.com');
 
       shell.openExternal.reset();
-      editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 21]);
+      editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 20]);
       atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
 
       expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe('http://github.com');
     });
 
-    // only works in Atom >= 1.33.0
-    // https://github.com/atom/link/pull/33#issuecomment-419643655
-    const atomVersion = atom.getVersion().split('.');
-    console.error('atomVersion', atomVersion);
-    if (+atomVersion[0] > 1 || +atomVersion[1] >= 33) {
-      it("opens an 'atom:' link", async () => {
-        await atom.workspace.open('sample.md');
+    // NOTE: I don't think anyone realized that this was a feature. Our
+    // `tree-sitter-markdown` parser doesn't recognize these as URLs. We'd need
+    // our custom `tree-sitter-hyperlink` to support this, and it doesn't right
+    // now, but I'll keep it in mind for the future.
+    xit("opens an 'atom:' link", async () => {
+      await atom.workspace.open('sample.md');
 
-        const editor = atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor();
-        editor.setText(
-          '// "atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2"'
-        );
+      const editor = atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor();
+      editor.setText(
+        '// atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2 '
+      );
 
-        spyOn(shell, 'openExternal');
-        atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
-        expect(shell.openExternal).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      spyOn(shell, 'openExternal');
+      atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
+      expect(shell.openExternal).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-        editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 4]);
-        atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
+      editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 4]);
+      atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
 
-        expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe(
-          'atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2'
-        );
+      expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe(
+        'atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2'
+      );
 
-        shell.openExternal.reset();
-        editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 8]);
-        atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
+      shell.openExternal.reset();
+      editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 8]);
+      atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
 
-        expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe(
-          'atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2'
-        );
+      expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe(
+        'atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2'
+      );
 
-        shell.openExternal.reset();
-        editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 60]);
-        atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
+      shell.openExternal.reset();
+      editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 59]);
+      atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
 
-        expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe(
-          'atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2'
-        );
-      });
-    }
+      expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(shell.openExternal.argsForCall[0][0]).toBe(
+        'atom://core/open/file?filename=sample.js&line=1&column=2'
+      );
+    });
 
     describe('when the cursor is on a [name][url-name] style markdown link', () =>
       it('opens the named url', async () => {
+        jasmine.useRealClock();
         await atom.workspace.open('README.md');
 
         const editor = atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor();
+        let languageMode = editor.getBuffer().getLanguageMode();
+        await languageMode.ready;
+
         editor.setText(`\
 you should [click][here]
 you should not [click][her]
 
 [here]: http://github.com\
 `);
+        // Allow for time for injections to populate
+        await languageMode.atTransactionEnd();
 
         spyOn(shell, 'openExternal');
         editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 0]);
         atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
         expect(shell.openExternal).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-        editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 20]);
+        editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 19]);
         atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(editor), 'link:open');
 
         expect(shell.openExternal).toHaveBeenCalled();