--- a/servo/components/selectors/matching.rs
+++ b/servo/components/selectors/matching.rs
@@ -571,17 +571,17 @@ where
             // NotMatchedAndRestartFromClosestLaterSibling or
             // NotMatchedAndRestartFromClosestDescendant, or the
             // Combinator::LaterSibling combinator and the status is
             // NotMatchedAndRestartFromClosestDescendant, we can continue to
             // matching on the next candidate element.
             _ => {},
         }
 
-        if element.is_link() || combinator.is_sibling() {
+        if element.is_link() {
             visited_handling = VisitedHandlingMode::AllLinksUnvisited;
         }
 
         next_element = next_element_for_combinator(&element, combinator, &selector_iter);
     }
 }
 
 #[inline]