diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/simple_viewer.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/simple_viewer.vue
index ecccae8cd86964ab0757037ec77d6143660edc58..898e48d163cbc681335bd583c420257719f4fe3e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/simple_viewer.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/simple_viewer.vue
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export default {
             :id="`L${line}`"
             :key="line"
             class="gl-user-select-none gl-shadow-none! file-line-num"
-            :href="`#LC${line}`"
+            :href="`#L${line}`"
             :data-line-number="line"
             @click="scrollToLine(`#LC${line}`)"
           >
diff --git a/spec/frontend/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/__snapshots__/simple_viewer_spec.js.snap b/spec/frontend/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/__snapshots__/simple_viewer_spec.js.snap
index f7730d5fe899547adad7dabb4382d40d116a4dfd..7bb030daa16c07a2e54f751ebb617f44bfe370ba 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/__snapshots__/simple_viewer_spec.js.snap
+++ b/spec/frontend/vue_shared/components/blob_viewers/__snapshots__/simple_viewer_spec.js.snap
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ exports[`Blob Simple Viewer component rendering matches the snapshot 1`] = `
         <a
           class="file-line-num gl-shadow-none! gl-user-select-none"
           data-line-number="1"
-          href="#LC1"
+          href="#L1"
           id="reference-0"
         >
           1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exports[`Blob Simple Viewer component rendering matches the snapshot 1`] = `
         <a
           class="file-line-num gl-shadow-none! gl-user-select-none"
           data-line-number="2"
-          href="#LC2"
+          href="#L2"
           id="reference-1"
         >
           2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ exports[`Blob Simple Viewer component rendering matches the snapshot 1`] = `
         <a
           class="file-line-num gl-shadow-none! gl-user-select-none"
           data-line-number="3"
-          href="#LC3"
+          href="#L3"
           id="reference-2"
         >
           3