diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js
index 60e4e7492240c..92baa68b5befb 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/main.js
@@ -1040,9 +1040,6 @@ function loadCss(cssUrl) {
             help_button.appendChild(container);
 
             container.onblur = helpBlurHandler;
-            container.onclick = event => {
-                event.preventDefault();
-            };
             help_button.onblur = helpBlurHandler;
             help_button.children[0].onblur = helpBlurHandler;
         }
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/help-page.goml b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/help-page.goml
index 80203901ed3c4..83f2556fd8f26 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/help-page.goml
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/help-page.goml
@@ -61,3 +61,12 @@ click: "#help-button > a"
 assert-css: ("#help", {"display": "none"})
 compare-elements-property-false: (".sub", "#help", ["offsetWidth"])
 compare-elements-position-false: (".sub", "#help", ("x"))
+
+// This test ensures that the "the rustdoc book" anchor link within the help popover works.
+goto: "file://" + |DOC_PATH| + "/test_docs/index.html"
+size: (1000, 1000) // Popover only appears when the screen width is >700px.
+assert-false: "#help"
+click: "#help-button > a"
+click: ".popover a[href='https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/']"
+wait-for: 2000
+assert-document-property: {"URL": "https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/"}