diff --git a/src/core/js/ext_cosmetics.js b/src/core/js/ext_cosmetics.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 13bfa66f5bc08b24c22bf219edacbc85b7bbda10..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/core/js/ext_cosmetics.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is a part of the LinkAhead Project.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2021-2024 IndiScale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2021 Timm Fitschen <t.fitschen@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2023 Florian Spreckelsen <f.spreckelsen@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2023 Daniel Hornung <d.hornung@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2024 Joscha Schmiedt <joscha@schmiedt.dev>
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-"use strict";
-
-/**
- * Cosmetics module is a collection of small look-and-feel tweaks for the
- * LinkAhead webui.
- *
- * @author Timm Fitschen
- */
-var cosmetics = new function () {
-
-    /**
-     * Cut-off length of links. When linkify processes the links any href
-     * longer than this will be cut off at the end and "[...]" will be
-     * appended for the link text.
-     */
-    var _link_cut_off_length = 40;
-
-    var _custom_datetime = function () {
-        $('.caosdb-f-property-datetime-value').each(function (index) {
-            if (!($(this).hasClass("caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized"))) {
-                var result = this.innerText.replace(/T/, " ").replace(/\+.*/, "");
-                result = `<span class="caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized-newvalue">${result}</span>`;
-
-                // add class to highlight that this has been customized already
-                $(this).addClass("caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized")
-                $(this).hide();
-                $(this).after(result);
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Remove all the custom datetime elements again, for example when entering the edit mode.
-     */
-    var _custom_datetime_clear = function () {
-        $('.caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized-newvalue').each(function () {
-            $(this).remove();
-        }
-        )
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return a string with all occurences of a http(s) url in a given string replaced by <a> elements
-     * @param {string} text - The text to be searched for URLs
-     * @returns {string} text with <a> elements instead of raw links
-     */
-    function linkify_string(text) {
-        // const match_url_regex = /https?:\/\/[^\s]*/g // original
-        // https://regexr.com helps you design regex
-        const match_url_regex = /https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.?[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)/g
-
-        return text.replace(match_url_regex, function (href) {
-            var link_text = href;
-            if (_link_cut_off_length > 4 && link_text.length > _link_cut_off_length) {
-                link_text = link_text.substring(0, _link_cut_off_length - 5) + "[...]";
-            }
-
-            return `<a title="Open ${href} in a new tab." target="_blank" class="caosdb-v-property-href-value" href="${href}">${link_text} <i class="bi bi-box-arrow-up-right"></i></a>`;
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Turn all URLs in .caosdb-f-property-text-value DOM elements into actual links
-     */
-    var _linkify_all_text_values = function () {
-        $('.caosdb-f-property-text-value').each(function (index) {
-            if (!($(this).hasClass("caosdb-v-property-linkified")) && (/https?:\/\//.test(this.innerText))) {
-                var linkified_text_value = linkify_string(this.innerText);
-                // add class to highlight that this has been linkified already
-                // (see https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-webui/-/issues/199).
-                $(this).addClass("caosdb-v-property-linkified")
-                $(this).hide();
-                $(this).after(linkified_text_value);
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Convert any substring of a text-value beginning with 'http(s)://' into a
-     * link.
-     *
-     * A listener detects edit-mode changes and previews
-     */
-    var linkify = function () {
-        _linkify_all_text_values();
-
-        // edit-mode-listener
-        document.body.addEventListener(edit_mode.end_edit.type, _linkify_all_text_values, true);
-        // preview listener
-        document.body.addEventListener(preview.previewReadyEvent.type, _linkify_all_text_values, true);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Customize datetime formatting.
-     *
-     * A listener detects edit-mode changes and previews
-     */
-    var custom_datetime = function () {
-        _custom_datetime();
-
-        // edit-mode-listener to delete replacement
-        document.body.addEventListener(edit_mode.start_edit.type, _custom_datetime_clear, true);
-        // edit-mode-listener to recreate
-        document.body.addEventListener(edit_mode.end_edit.type, _custom_datetime, true);
-        // preview listener
-        document.body.addEventListener(preview.previewReadyEvent.type, _custom_datetime, true);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Prettify double values for display purposes.
-     */
-    const prettify_double_values = () => {
-        $('.caosdb-f-property-double-value').each(function (index) {
-            if (!$(this).hasClass("caosdb-v-property-double-prettified")) {
-                let value = parseFloat(this.innerText);
-                let prettified_value = "";
-
-                if (Math.abs(value) > 1e6 || Math.abs(value) < 1e-6) {
-                    // Use scientific notation for very large or very small values
-                    prettified_value = value.toExponential(1);
-                } else {
-                    // Otherwise, display with up to 12 significant digits
-                    prettified_value = value.toPrecision(12).replace(/\.?0+$/, '');
-                }
-
-                $(this).addClass("caosdb-v-property-double-prettified");
-                $(this).hide();
-                $(this).after(`<span class="caosdb-v-property-double-prettified-newvalue">${prettified_value}</span>`);
-            }
-        });
-    };
-
-    this.init = function () {
-        this.custom_datetime = custom_datetime;
-        if ("${BUILD_MODULE_EXT_COSMETICS_CUSTOMDATETIME}" == "ENABLED") {
-            custom_datetime();
-        }
-        this.linkify = linkify;
-        if ("${BUILD_MODULE_EXT_COSMETICS_LINKIFY}" == "ENABLED") {
-            linkify();
-        }
-        this.prettify_double_values = prettify_double_values;
-        if ("${BUILD_MODULE_EXT_COSMETICS_PRETTIFY_DOUBLES}" === "ENABLED") {
-            prettify_double_values();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-$(document).ready(function () {
-    caosdb_modules.register(cosmetics);
-});
diff --git a/test/core/js/modules/ext_cosmetics.js.js b/test/core/js/modules/ext_cosmetics.js.js
index 2daf8881f9c698fb0fe30cfebcff10766f2fe2cf..7abf350ac89ca0c718715753b405a235293fbab2 100644
--- a/test/core/js/modules/ext_cosmetics.js.js
+++ b/test/core/js/modules/ext_cosmetics.js.js
@@ -139,3 +139,23 @@ QUnit.test("linkify - double values in URLs", function (assert) {
         container.remove();
     }
 });
+
+QUnit.test("linkify - double values in URLs", function (assert) {
+    var test_cases = [
+        ["https://example.com/value=1.2345", 1],
+        ["This is a URL with a double value: https://example.com/value=1.2345", 1],
+        ["https://example.com?param=123.456&other=789.1011", 1],
+        ["Multiple links with doubles: https://example.com?param=1.1 and https://example2.com?param=2.2", 2],
+    ];
+
+    for (let test_case of test_cases) {
+        const container = $('<div></div>');
+        $(document.body).append(container);
+        const text_value = $(`<div class="caosdb-f-property-text-value">${test_case[0]}</div>`);
+        container.append(text_value);
+        assert.equal($(container).find("a").length, 0, "no link present");
+        cosmetics.linkify();
+        assert.equal($(container).find("a").length, test_case[1], "link is present");
+        container.remove();
+    }
+});