diff --git a/components/app-text.js b/components/app-text.js
index 8311d39..2f1f826 100644
--- a/components/app-text.js
+++ b/components/app-text.js
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import { Text } from 'react-native'
 import styles from "../styles"
+import Link from './link'
 
 export default function AppText(props) {
+  // we parse for links in case the text contains any
   return (
-    <Text
-      style={[styles.appText, props.style]}
-      onPress={props.onPress}
-    >
-      {props.children}
-    </Text>
+    <Link>
+      <Text
+        style={[styles.appText, props.style]}
+        onPress={props.onPress}
+      >
+        {props.children}
+      </Text>
+    </Link>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/components/helpers/replace-url-with-text.js b/components/helpers/replace-url-with-text.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b98cd0..0000000
--- a/components/helpers/replace-url-with-text.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import links from '../../i18n/en/links'
-
-export default function(url) {
-  const link = Object.values(links).find(link => link.url === url)
-  return link ? link.text : url
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/home.js b/components/home.js
index f4ec660..e9eb0f4 100644
--- a/components/home.js
+++ b/components/home.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import { ScrollView, View, TouchableHighlight, Dimensions } from 'react-native'
 import { LocalDate, ChronoUnit } from 'js-joda'
 import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/Entypo'
-import Hyperlink from 'react-native-hyperlink'
 import { secondaryColor, cycleDayColor, periodColor } from '../styles'
 import {
   home as labels,
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 import links from '../i18n/en/links'
 import cycleModule from '../lib/cycle'
 import { getFertilityStatusForDay } from '../lib/sympto-adapter'
-import replace from './helpers/replace-url-with-text'
 import styles from '../styles'
 import AppText from './app-text'
 import DripHomeIcon from '../assets/drip-home-icons'
@@ -158,11 +156,9 @@ export default class Home extends Component {
               }
               { isShowingMore &&
                 <View>
-                  <Hyperlink linkStyle={styles.link} linkText={replace} linkDefault>
-                    <AppText styles={styles.paragraph}>
-                      { `${statusText} ${links.moreAboutNfp.url}` }
-                    </AppText>
-                  </Hyperlink>
+                  <AppText styles={styles.paragraph}>
+                    { `${statusText} ${links.moreAboutNfp.url}` }
+                  </AppText>
                 </View>
               }
             </HomeElement>
diff --git a/components/license.js b/components/license.js
index 051e4ec..027e34b 100644
--- a/components/license.js
+++ b/components/license.js
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import { ScrollView, View, BackHandler } from 'react-native'
-import Hyperlink from 'react-native-hyperlink'
 import AppText from './app-text'
 import { shared } from '../i18n/en/labels'
 import settingsLabels from '../i18n/en/settings'
 import styles,{secondaryColor} from '../styles'
 import Button from './button'
 import { saveLicenseFlag } from '../local-storage'
-import replace from './helpers/replace-url-with-text'
 
 const labels = settingsLabels.license
 export default function License({setLicense}) {
   return (
     <ScrollView style={styles.licensePage}>
-      <Hyperlink linkStyle={styles.link} linkText={replace} linkDefault>
-        <AppText style={styles.settingsSegmentTitle}>{labels.title}</AppText>
-        <AppText>{labels.text}</AppText>
-      </Hyperlink>
+      <AppText style={styles.settingsSegmentTitle}>{labels.title}</AppText>
+      <AppText>{labels.text}</AppText>
       <View style={styles.licenseButtons}>
         <Button
           style={styles.licenseButton}
diff --git a/components/link.js b/components/link.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0b9a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/link.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import Hyperlink from 'react-native-hyperlink'
+import styles from '../styles'
+import links from '../i18n/en/links'
+
+export default function Link(props) {
+  return (
+    <Hyperlink
+      linkStyle={styles.link}
+      linkText={replaceUrlWithText}
+      linkDefault
+    >
+      {props.children}
+    </Hyperlink>
+  )
+}
+
+function replaceUrlWithText(url) {
+  const link = Object.values(links).find(l => l.url === url)
+  return (link && link.text) || url
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/settings/about.js b/components/settings/about.js
index 320ba8c..19c47d5 100644
--- a/components/settings/about.js
+++ b/components/settings/about.js
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import { ScrollView } from 'react-native'
-import Hyperlink from 'react-native-hyperlink'
 import AppText from '../app-text'
 import SettingsSegment from './shared/settings-segment'
-import styles from '../../styles/index'
 import labels from '../../i18n/en/settings'
 import links from '../../i18n/en/links'
-import replace from '../helpers/replace-url-with-text'
 
 export default class AboutSection extends Component {
   render() {
     return (
       <ScrollView>
         <SettingsSegment title={labels.aboutSection.title}>
-          <Hyperlink linkStyle={styles.link} linkText={replace} linkDefault>
-            <AppText>{labels.aboutSection.text}</AppText>
-          </Hyperlink>
+          <AppText>{labels.aboutSection.text}</AppText>
         </SettingsSegment>
         <SettingsSegment title={labels.philosophy.title}>
           <AppText>{labels.philosophy.text}</AppText>
@@ -24,9 +19,7 @@ export default class AboutSection extends Component {
           <AppText>{labels.credits.note}</AppText>
         </SettingsSegment>
         <SettingsSegment title={labels.website.title}>
-          <Hyperlink linkStyle={styles.link} linkDefault>
-            <AppText>{links.website.url}</AppText>
-          </Hyperlink>
+          <AppText>{links.website.url}</AppText>
         </SettingsSegment>
         <SettingsSegment title={labels.version.title} last>
           <AppText>{require('../../package.json').version}</AppText>
diff --git a/components/settings/license.js b/components/settings/license.js
index d3baf8c..c70cd0c 100644
--- a/components/settings/license.js
+++ b/components/settings/license.js
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import { View, ScrollView } from 'react-native'
-import Hyperlink from 'react-native-hyperlink'
 import AppText from '../app-text'
 import styles from '../../styles/index'
 import labels from '../../i18n/en/settings'
-import replace from '../helpers/replace-url-with-text'
 
 export default class License extends Component {
   render() {
     return (
       <ScrollView>
         <View style={styles.settingsSegment}>
-          <Hyperlink linkStyle={styles.link} linkText={replace} linkDefault>
-            <AppText style={styles.settingsSegmentTitle}>{`${labels.license.title} `}</AppText>
-            <AppText>{`${labels.license.text} `}</AppText>
-          </Hyperlink>
+          <AppText style={styles.settingsSegmentTitle}>{`${labels.license.title} `}</AppText>
+          <AppText>{`${labels.license.text} `}</AppText>
         </View>
       </ScrollView>
     )
diff --git a/components/settings/nfp-settings/index.js b/components/settings/nfp-settings/index.js
index be392b5..fb446f7 100644
--- a/components/settings/nfp-settings/index.js
+++ b/components/settings/nfp-settings/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import {
   ScrollView, View
 } from 'react-native'
-import Hyperlink from 'react-native-hyperlink'
 import styles, { iconStyles } from '../../../styles'
 import labels from '../../../i18n/en/settings'
 import AppText from '../../app-text'
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import SettingsSegment from '../shared/settings-segment'
 import TempSlider from './temp-slider'
 import UseCervixSetting from './use-cervix'
 import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/Entypo'
-import replaceUrlWithText from '../../helpers/replace-url-with-text'
 
 export default class Settings extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -33,9 +31,7 @@ export default class Settings extends Component {
             <Icon name="info-with-circle" style={iconStyles.infoInHeading}/>
             <AppText style={styles.settingsSegmentTitle}>{`${labels.preOvu.title} `}</AppText>
           </View>
-          <Hyperlink linkStyle={styles.link} linkText={replaceUrlWithText} linkDefault>
-            <AppText>{labels.preOvu.note}</AppText>
-          </Hyperlink>
+          <AppText>{labels.preOvu.note}</AppText>
         </SettingsSegment>
       </ScrollView>
     )