diff --git a/code/map_data.js b/code/map_data.js
index b170083f..b0c432f5 100644
--- a/code/map_data.js
+++ b/code/map_data.js
@@ -353,8 +353,9 @@ window.handleDataResponse = function(data, fromCache, tile_ids) {
 
     // when both source and destination portal are in the same response, no explicit 'edge' is returned
     // instead, we need to reconstruct them from the data within the portal details
+    // (note that some portals - decayed? - retain these links when they return to neutral. skip these!)
 
-    if ('portalV2' in portal[2] && 'linkedEdges' in portal[2].portalV2) {
+    if ('portalV2' in portal[2] && 'linkedEdges' in portal[2].portalV2 && portal[2].controllingTeam.team != 'NEUTRAL') {
       $.each(portal[2].portalV2.linkedEdges, function (ind, edge) {
         if (!ppp[edge.otherPortalGuid])
           return;
diff --git a/plugins/show-linked-portals.user.js b/plugins/show-linked-portals.user.js
index 39392060..45aef5ab 100644
--- a/plugins/show-linked-portals.user.js
+++ b/plugins/show-linked-portals.user.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // @id             iitc-plugin-show-linked-portals@fstopienski
 // @name           IITC plugin: Show linked portals
 // @category       Portal Info
-// @version        0.0.4.@@DATETIMEVERSION@@
+// @version        0.0.5.@@DATETIMEVERSION@@
 // @namespace      https://github.com/jonatkins/ingress-intel-total-conversion
 // @updateURL      @@UPDATEURL@@
 // @downloadURL    @@DOWNLOADURL@@
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ window.plugin.showLinkedPortal.handleUpdate = function () {
 }
 
 window.plugin.showLinkedPortal.portalDetail = function (data) {
+    // don't render linked portal data if portal is neutral.
+    // (the data can remain sometimes - when a portal decays?)
+    if (data.portalDetails.controllingTeam.team == 'NEUTRAL')
+        return;
 
     var d = data.portalDetails.portalV2,
         c = 1;