diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts b/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts
index b161153a2ca..2c5a5843739 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.test.ts
@@ -315,11 +315,7 @@ describe('explore links utils', () => {
         links[0][0].onClick({});
       }
 
-      expect(reportInteraction).toBeCalledWith('grafana_data_link_clicked', {
-        app: CoreApp.Explore,
-        internal: true,
-        origin: DataLinkConfigOrigin.Correlations,
-      });
+      expect(reportInteraction).not.toBeCalled();
 
       expect(links[1]).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(links[1][0].href).toBe(
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.ts b/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.ts
index 21ed0166985..497099540fc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/utils/links.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ export const getFieldLinksForExplore = (options: {
             scopedVars: allVars,
             range,
             field,
-            onClickFn: (options) => splitFnWithTracking(options),
+            // Don't track internal links without split view as they are used only in Dashboards
+            // TODO: It should be revisited in #66570
+            onClickFn: options.splitOpenFn ? (options) => splitFnWithTracking(options) : undefined,
             replaceVariables: getTemplateSrv().replace.bind(getTemplateSrv()),
           });
           return { ...internalLink, variables: variables };