diff --git a/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb b/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb
index 2e89eb6e..f1569815 100644
--- a/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 
   <p><%= @map.name %></p>
 
-  <p><%= link_to "Allow", approve_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), target: "_blank", style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #4fc059;" %>
-  <p><%= link_to "Decline", deny_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), target: "_blank", style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #DB5D5D;" %></p>
+  <p><%= link_to "Allow", approve_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #4fc059;" %>
+  <p><%= link_to "Decline", deny_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #DB5D5D;" %></p>
 
-  <%= link_to 'Open in Metamaps', map_url(@map), target: "_blank", style: button_style %> 
+  <%= link_to 'Open in Metamaps', map_url(@map), style: button_style %> 
 
   <p style="font-size: 12px;">Make sense with Metamaps</p>
 
diff --git a/app/views/map_mailer/invite_to_edit_email.html.erb b/app/views/map_mailer/invite_to_edit_email.html.erb
index cd2b7b2e..c14ccd35 100644
--- a/app/views/map_mailer/invite_to_edit_email.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/map_mailer/invite_to_edit_email.html.erb
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <% button_style = "background-color:#4fc059;border-radius:2px;color:white;display:inline-block;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;min-height:29px;line-height:29px;min-width:54px;outline:0px;padding:0 8px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none" %>
 
   <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><%= @inviter.name %></span> has invited you to <span style="font-weight: bold">collaboratively edit</span> the following map:</p>
-  <p><%= link_to @map.name, map_url(@map), target: "_blank", style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #4fc059;" %></p>
+  <p><%= link_to @map.name, map_url(@map), style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #4fc059;" %></p>
   <% if @map.desc %>
     <p style="font-size: 12px;"><%= @map.desc %></p>
   <% end %>
 
-  <%= link_to 'Open in Metamaps', map_url(@map), target: "_blank", style: button_style %>    
+  <%= link_to 'Open in Metamaps', map_url(@map), style: button_style %>    
 
   <p style="font-size: 12px;">Make sense with Metamaps</p>