diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/account/TurnOnSyncFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/account/TurnOnSyncFragment.kt
index 67ca920ed..99fe35db9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/account/TurnOnSyncFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/settings/account/TurnOnSyncFragment.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package org.mozilla.fenix.settings.account
 
 import android.Manifest
 import android.os.Bundle
-import android.text.Spanned
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.HomeActivity
 import org.mozilla.fenix.R
 import org.mozilla.fenix.components.FenixSnackbar
 import org.mozilla.fenix.components.metrics.Event
-import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.addUnderline
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.requireComponents
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.settings
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.showToolbar
@@ -125,17 +123,10 @@ class TurnOnSyncFragment : Fragment(), AccountObserver {
             DefaultSyncController(activity = activity as HomeActivity)
         )
 
-        val createAccountActionText = getString(R.string.sign_in_create_account_link)
-        val fullText = getString(R.string.sign_in_create_account_text, createAccountActionText)
-        val spanStart = fullText.indexOf(createAccountActionText, 0, false)
-        val spanEnd = spanStart + createAccountActionText.length
-
         view.createAccount.apply {
-            text = fullText
-            addUnderline(
-                spanStart,
-                spanEnd,
-                Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE
+            text = HtmlCompat.fromHtml(
+                getString(R.string.sign_in_create_account_text),
+                HtmlCompat.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY
             )
             setOnClickListener(createAccountClickListener)
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 79fbfe7c7..4a9e2c55b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1144,11 +1144,8 @@
     <string name="sign_in_with_camera">Sign in with your camera</string>
     <!-- Text shown for settings option for sign with email -->
     <string name="sign_in_with_email">Use email instead</string>
-    <!-- Text shown for settings option for create new account description.
-    'Firefox' intentionally hardcoded here. %s is to be replaced with the create account link text-->
-    <string name="sign_in_create_account_text">No account? %s to sync Firefox between devices.</string>
-    <!--Text shown for settings option for create new account link -->
-    <string name="sign_in_create_account_link">Create one</string>
+    <!-- Text shown for settings option for create new account text.'Firefox' intentionally hardcoded here.-->
+    <string name="sign_in_create_account_text"><![CDATA[No account? <u>Create one</u> to sync Firefox between devices.]]></string>
     <!-- Text shown in confirmation dialog to sign out of account -->
     <string name="sign_out_confirmation_message">Firefox will stop syncing with your account, but won’t delete any of your browsing data on this device.</string>
     <!-- Text shown in confirmation dialog to sign out of account. The first parameter is the name of the app (e.g. Firefox Preview) -->