diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
index 1e038769..f89d367d 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options> | undefined> =
 
                   // url.resolve is considered legacy
                   // WHATWG equivalent https://nodejs.dev/en/api/v18/url/#urlresolvefrom-to
-                  const url = new URL(dest, joinSegments(`https://base.com/`, curSlug))
+                  const url = new URL(dest, "https://base.com/" + stripSlashes(curSlug, true))
                   const canonicalDest = url.pathname
                   let [destCanonical, _destAnchor] = splitAnchor(canonicalDest)
                   if (destCanonical.endsWith("/")) {