diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index fef97530de..240cb80485 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -724,8 +724,6 @@ escaping HTML.
 
     Converts a positive integer to a base 36 string.
 
-    .. _sys.maxint: https://docs.python.org/2/library/sys.html#sys.maxint
-
 .. function:: urlsafe_base64_encode(s)
 
     Encodes a bytestring in base64 for use in URLs, stripping any trailing