--- a/src/c2html.c	Thu Nov 10 18:27:16 2016 +0100
+++ b/src/c2html.c	Thu Nov 10 18:44:48 2016 +0100
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
         
         /* write line number */
         if (showlineno) {
-            ucx_bprintf(line, "<span class=\"c2html-lineno\">"
-                    "<a name=\"l%d\" href=\"#l%d\">%*d </a></span> ",
+            ucx_bprintf(line, "<a class=\"c2html-lineno\" name=\"l%d\" "
+                    "href=\"#l%d\">%*d </a>",
                     lineno, lineno, lnw, lineno);
         }