Undesirable behavior: tapping link in pdf opens comment editor

If I have a page with lots of markup created with my Apple Pencil, there is a good chance that when I tap a link on the page, instead of taking me to the link, it opens up the comments sidebar and a blue editing box shows up around my markup. This is annoying to say the least. Is this a bug or is there a setting I can change to correct this undesirable behavior?