diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/globals.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/globals.scss
index 309d7a4f0..e85cf2b69 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/globals.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/globals.scss
@@ -42,12 +42,20 @@ input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration {
 // To be removed when all links follow the GOV.UK Frontend conventions:
 // https://design-system.service.gov.uk/styles/typography/#links
 a {
-  @extend %govuk-link;
+  &:link {
+    color: $link-colour;
+  }
 
-  // Stops visited links looking different, until we can add the `govuk-link--no-visited-state`
-  // class to all links we want stay the same colour after visiting
   &:visited {
-    color: $govuk-link-colour;
+    color: $link-visited-colour;
+  }
+
+  &:hover {
+    color: $link-hover-colour;
+  }
+
+  &:active {
+    color: $link-active-colour;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss
index d415fbda5..d6b72051b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ $path: '/static/images/';
 // Dependencies from GOVU.UK Frontend Toolkit, rewritten for this application
 @import 'url-helpers';
 
+// Specific to this application, needs to go at the top of the cascade
+@import 'globals';
+
 // Dependencies from GOV.UK Elements
 // https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_elements
 @import 'elements/helpers';
@@ -35,7 +38,6 @@ $path: '/static/images/';
 @import './govuk-frontend/all';
 
 // Specific to this application
-@import 'globals';
 @import 'grids';
 @import 'components/cookie-message';
 @import 'components/site-footer';