diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/Link.php b/src/Components/Inlines/Link.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0f9bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/Link.php
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Erusev\Parsedown\Components\Inlines;
+
+use Erusev\Parsedown\AST\Handler;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\AST\StateRenderable;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\Components\Inline;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\Configurables\DefinitionBook;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\Configurables\SafeMode;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\Html\Renderables\Element;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\Html\Renderables\Text;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\Parsedown;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\Parsing\Excerpt;
+use Erusev\Parsedown\State;
+
+/** @psalm-type _Metadata=array{href: string, title?: string} */
+final class Link implements Inline
+{
+    use WidthTrait, DefaultBeginPosition;
+
+    /** @var string */
+    private $label;
+
+    /** @var _Metadata */
+    private $attributes;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $label
+     * @param _Metadata $attributes
+     * @param int $width
+     */
+    public function __construct($label, $attributes, $width)
+    {
+        $this->label = $label;
+        $this->attributes = $attributes;
+        $this->width = $width;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Excerpt $Excerpt
+     * @param State $State
+     * @return static|null
+     */
+    public static function build(Excerpt $Excerpt, State $State)
+    {
+        $remainder = $Excerpt->text();
+
+        if (! \preg_match('/\[((?:[^][]++|(?R))*+)\]/', $remainder, $matches)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $rawLabelPart = $matches[0];
+        $label = $matches[1];
+        /** @var _Metadata|null */
+        $attributes = null;
+
+        $extent = \strlen($matches[0]);
+
+        $remainder = \substr($remainder, $extent);
+
+        if (\preg_match('/^[(]\s*+((?:[^ ()]++|[(][^ )]+[)])++)(?:[ ]+("[^"]*+"|\'[^\']*+\'))?\s*+[)]/', $remainder, $matches)) {
+            $attributes = ['href' => $matches[1]];
+
+            if (isset($matches[2])) {
+                $attributes['title'] = \substr($matches[2], 1, - 1);
+            }
+
+            $extent += \strlen($matches[0]);
+        } else {
+            if (\preg_match('/^\s*\[(.*?)\]/', $remainder, $matches)) {
+                $definition = \strlen($matches[1]) ? $matches[1] : $label;
+                $definition = \strtolower($definition);
+
+                $extent += \strlen($matches[0]);
+            } else {
+                $definition = \strtolower($label);
+            }
+
+            $data = $State->getOrDefault(DefinitionBook::class)->lookup($definition);
+
+            if (! isset($data)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            $attributes = ['href' => $data['url']];
+
+            if (isset($data['title'])) {
+                $attributes['title'] = $data['title'];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new self($label, $attributes, $extent);
+    }
+
+    /** @return string */
+    public function label()
+    {
+        return $this->label;
+    }
+
+    /** @return _Metadata */
+    public function attributes()
+    {
+        return $this->attributes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Handler<Element|Text>
+     */
+    public function stateRenderable(Parsedown $Parsedown)
+    {
+        return new Handler(
+            /** @return Element|Text */
+            function (State $State) use ($Parsedown) {
+                $attributes = $this->attributes;
+
+                if ($State->getOrDefault(SafeMode::class)->enabled()) {
+                    $attributes['href'] = Element::filterUnsafeUrl($attributes['href']);
+                }
+
+                return new Element(
+                    'a',
+                    $attributes,
+                    $State->applyTo($Parsedown->lineElements($this->label))
+                );
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Parsedown.php b/src/Parsedown.php
index a2e666f..fc69bad 100644
--- a/src/Parsedown.php
+++ b/src/Parsedown.php
@@ -444,70 +444,6 @@ class Parsedown
         return $Inline;
     }
 
-    protected function inlineLink($Excerpt)
-    {
-        $Element = [
-            'name' => 'a',
-            'handler' => [
-                'function' => 'lineElements',
-                'argument' => null,
-                'destination' => 'elements',
-            ],
-            'nonNestables' => ['Url', 'Link'],
-            'attributes' => [
-                'href' => null,
-                'title' => null,
-            ],
-        ];
-
-        $extent = 0;
-
-        $remainder = $Excerpt['text'];
-
-        if (\preg_match('/\[((?:[^][]++|(?R))*+)\]/', $remainder, $matches)) {
-            $Element['handler']['argument'] = $matches[1];
-
-            $extent += \strlen($matches[0]);
-
-            $remainder = \substr($remainder, $extent);
-        } else {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (\preg_match('/^[(]\s*+((?:[^ ()]++|[(][^ )]+[)])++)(?:[ ]+("[^"]*+"|\'[^\']*+\'))?\s*+[)]/', $remainder, $matches)) {
-            $Element['attributes']['href'] = $matches[1];
-
-            if (isset($matches[2])) {
-                $Element['attributes']['title'] = \substr($matches[2], 1, - 1);
-            }
-
-            $extent += \strlen($matches[0]);
-        } else {
-            if (\preg_match('/^\s*\[(.*?)\]/', $remainder, $matches)) {
-                $definition = \strlen($matches[1]) ? $matches[1] : $Element['handler']['argument'];
-                $definition = \strtolower($definition);
-
-                $extent += \strlen($matches[0]);
-            } else {
-                $definition = \strtolower($Element['handler']['argument']);
-            }
-
-            if (! isset($this->DefinitionData['Reference'][$definition])) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            $Definition = $this->DefinitionData['Reference'][$definition];
-
-            $Element['attributes']['href'] = $Definition['url'];
-            $Element['attributes']['title'] = $Definition['title'];
-        }
-
-        return [
-            'extent' => $extent,
-            'element' => $Element,
-        ];
-    }
-
     protected function inlineMarkup($Excerpt)
     {
         if ($this->markupEscaped or $this->safeMode or \strpos($Excerpt['text'], '>') === false) {