diff --git a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/base/resolvers/local/DokkaLocationProvider.kt b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/base/resolvers/local/DokkaLocationProvider.kt
index 644764f32a..6c8bd901cb 100644
--- a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/base/resolvers/local/DokkaLocationProvider.kt
+++ b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/base/resolvers/local/DokkaLocationProvider.kt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public open class DokkaLocationProvider(
                 if (first) page else throw AssertionError("Multiple pages associated with key: ${key.dri}/${key.sourceSet}")
             }
 
+    @Deprecated("This is not used anymore and will be removed, since resolving references to anchors is removed to fix #3054")
     protected val anchorsIndex: Map<DRIWithSourceSets, PageWithKind> =
         pageGraphRoot.withDescendants().filterIsInstance<ContentPage>()
             .flatMap { page ->
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@ public open class DokkaLocationProvider(
             }
 
         return getLocalPageLink(dri, allSourceSets, context)
-            ?: getLocalAnchor(dri, allSourceSets, context)
     }
 
     private fun getLocalPageLink(dri: DRI, allSourceSets: Iterable<Set<DisplaySourceSet>>, context: PageNode?)  =
@@ -115,14 +115,6 @@ public open class DokkaLocationProvider(
             pagesIndex[DRIWithSourceSets(dri, displaySourceSet)]
         }.firstOrNull()?.let { page -> resolve(page, context) }
 
-    private fun getLocalAnchor(dri: DRI, allSourceSets: Iterable<Set<DisplaySourceSet>>, context: PageNode?)  =
-        allSourceSets.mapNotNull { displaySourceSet ->
-            anchorsIndex[DRIWithSourceSets(dri, displaySourceSet)]?.let { (page, kind) ->
-                val dci = DCI(setOf(dri), kind)
-                resolve(page, context) + "#" + anchorForDCI(dci, displaySourceSet)
-            }
-        }.firstOrNull()
-
     override fun pathToRoot(from: PageNode): String =
         pathTo(pageGraphRoot, from).removeSuffix(PAGE_WITH_CHILDREN_SUFFIX)
 
diff --git a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/linkableContent/LinkableContentTest.kt b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/linkableContent/LinkableContentTest.kt
index f529a2b0c7..e0df2caabe 100644
--- a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/linkableContent/LinkableContentTest.kt
+++ b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/linkableContent/LinkableContentTest.kt
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 package linkableContent
 
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.SourceLinkDefinitionImpl
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.resolvers.local.DokkaLocationProvider
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.testApi.testRunner.BaseAbstractTest
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.transformers.pages.DefaultSamplesTransformer
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.transformers.pages.sourcelinks.SourceLinksTransformer
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.links.Callable
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.model.WithGenerics
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.model.dfs
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.model.doc.Text
@@ -418,4 +420,5 @@ class LinkableContentTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
             }
         }
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/locationProvider/DefaultExternalLocationProviderTest.kt b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/locationProvider/DefaultExternalLocationProviderTest.kt
index aaf63e7eef..4f7732f114 100644
--- a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/locationProvider/DefaultExternalLocationProviderTest.kt
+++ b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-base/src/test/kotlin/locationProvider/DefaultExternalLocationProviderTest.kt
@@ -5,16 +5,21 @@
 package locationProvider
 
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.resolvers.external.DefaultExternalLocationProvider
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.resolvers.local.DokkaLocationProvider
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.resolvers.shared.ExternalDocumentation
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.resolvers.shared.PackageList
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.testApi.testRunner.BaseAbstractTest
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.links.Callable
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.links.DRI
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.links.TypeConstructor
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.model.dfs
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.pages.ClasslikePageNode
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.plugability.DokkaContext
+import utils.TestOutputWriterPlugin
 import java.net.URL
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class DefaultExternalLocationProviderTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
     private val testDataDir =
@@ -75,4 +80,82 @@ class DefaultExternalLocationProviderTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
 
         assertEquals(null, locationProvider.resolve(dri))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should have a correct url to an external inherited member #2879`() {
+        val writerPlugin = TestOutputWriterPlugin()
+        val configuration = dokkaConfiguration {
+
+
+            sourceSets {
+                sourceSet {
+                    externalDocumentationLinks = listOf(stdlibExternalDocumentationLink)
+                    sourceRoots = listOf("src/")
+                    classpath = listOfNotNull(jvmStdlibPath)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        testInline(
+            """
+            /src/kotlin/main.kt
+            open interface C : Collection<C>
+            interface A : C()
+            interface B : C()
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ,
+            pluginOverrides = listOf(writerPlugin),
+            configuration = configuration
+        ) {
+            renderingStage = { rootPage, ctx ->
+                val location = DokkaLocationProvider(rootPage, ctx, ".html")
+                val classA = rootPage.dfs { it is ClasslikePageNode && it.name == "A" }
+                val classB = rootPage.dfs { it is ClasslikePageNode && it.name == "B" }
+                val classC = rootPage.dfs { it is ClasslikePageNode && it.name == "C" }
+                val sourceSet = (classA as ClasslikePageNode).content.sourceSets
+                val dri = DRI("kotlin.collections", "Collection", Callable(name="isEmpty", receiver=null, params=emptyList()))
+                assertEquals("https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/-collection/is-empty.html", location.resolve(dri, sourceSet, classA))
+                assertEquals("https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/-collection/is-empty.html", location.resolve(dri, sourceSet, classB))
+                assertEquals("https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/-collection/is-empty.html", location.resolve(dri, sourceSet, classC))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should have external links for external inherited members`() {
+        val writerPlugin = TestOutputWriterPlugin()
+        val configuration = dokkaConfiguration {
+            sourceSets {
+                sourceSet {
+                    externalDocumentationLinks = listOf(stdlibExternalDocumentationLink)
+                    sourceRoots = listOf("src/")
+                    classpath = listOfNotNull(jvmStdlibPath)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        testInline(
+            """
+            /src/kotlin/main.kt
+             interface MyCharSequence: CharSequence
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ,
+            pluginOverrides = listOf(writerPlugin),
+            configuration = configuration
+        ) {
+            renderingStage = { _, _ ->
+                "".chars()
+                val content = writerPlugin.writer.contents["root/[root]/-my-char-sequence/index.html"] ?: ""
+                assertTrue(content.contains("<a href=\"https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/length.html\"><span><span>length</span></span></a>"))
+                assertTrue(content.contains("<a href=\"https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/get.html\"><span><span>get</span></span></a>"))
+                assertTrue(content.contains("<a href=\"https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/sub-sequence.html\"><span>sub</span><wbr></wbr><span><span>Sequence</span></span></a>"))
+                // TODO #3542
+                // these links are invalid
+                // chars() and codePoints() are absent in https://kotlinlang.org/ since they come from mapping Kotlin to Java
+                // see https://kotlinlang.org/docs/java-interop.html#mapped-types
+                assertTrue(content.contains("<a href=\"https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/chars.html\"><span><span>chars</span></span></a>"))
+                assertTrue(content.contains("<a href=\"https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/code-points.html\"><span>code</span><wbr></wbr><span><span>Points</span></span></a>"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }