diff --git a/.changeset/remove-link-data-hover-color.md b/.changeset/remove-link-data-hover-color.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75a8f711492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/remove-link-data-hover-color.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Link: Remove unnecessary `data-hover-color` attribute from rendered DOM element
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx b/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx
index 5ae1e74f5ba..ca0b1734417 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export const UnwrappedLink = <As extends React.ElementType = 'a'>(
   props: PolymorphicProps<As, 'a', StyledLinkProps>,
   ref: ForwardedRef<unknown>,
 ) => {
-  const {as: Component = 'a', className, inline, muted, hoverColor, ...restProps} = props
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  const {as: Component = 'a', className, inline, muted, hoverColor: _hoverColor, ...restProps} = props
   const innerRef = React.useRef<ElementRef<As>>(null)
   const mergedRef = useMergedRefs(ref, innerRef)
 
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ export const UnwrappedLink = <As extends React.ElementType = 'a'>(
       data-component="Link"
       data-muted={muted}
       data-inline={inline}
-      data-hover-color={hoverColor}
       {...restProps}
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       ref={mergedRef as any}