diff --git a/lib/rules/link-name.json b/lib/rules/link-name.json
index 1664b47c66..f5f9f592d2 100644
--- a/lib/rules/link-name.json
+++ b/lib/rules/link-name.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"id": "link-name",
-	"selector": "a[href], [role=link][href]",
-	"matches": "role-not-button-matches.js",
+	"selector": "a[href]:not([role=button]), [role=link]",
 	"tags": [
 		"cat.name-role-value",
 		"wcag2a",
@@ -22,5 +21,7 @@
 		"role-presentation",
 		"role-none"
 	],
-	"none": ["focusable-no-name"]
-}
+	"none": [
+		"focusable-no-name"
+	]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/rules/role-not-button-matches.js b/lib/rules/role-not-button-matches.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 41fe6fc535..0000000000
--- a/lib/rules/role-not-button-matches.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-return node.getAttribute('role') !== 'button';