diff --git a/app/brave_main_delegate.cc b/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
index 63937f1ac036..744eb345601b 100644
--- a/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ bool BraveMainDelegate::BasicStartupComplete(int* exit_code) {
   command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kEnableTabAudioMuting);
   command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kDisableDomainReliability);
   command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kDisableChromeGoogleURLTrackingClient);
+  command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kNoPings);
 
   std::stringstream enabled_features;
   enabled_features << features::kEnableEmojiContextMenu.name
diff --git a/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc b/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc
index 73f71abd3609..1341e1af88bc 100644
--- a/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc
+++ b/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
  * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/browser.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/ui/tabs/tab_strip_model.h"
 #include "chrome/test/base/in_process_browser_test.h"
 #include "chrome/common/chrome_switches.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/domain_reliability/service_factory.h"
 #include "components/domain_reliability/service.h"
+#include "content/public/browser/render_view_host.h"
+#include "content/public/common/web_preferences.h"
 
 using BraveMainDelegateBrowserTest = InProcessBrowserTest;
 
@@ -16,3 +19,13 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(BraveMainDelegateBrowserTest, DomainReliabilityServiceDis
   ASSERT_EQ(domain_reliability::DomainReliabilityServiceFactory::GetForBrowserContext(
         ((content::BrowserContext *)browser()->profile())), nullptr);
 }
+
+IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(BraveMainDelegateBrowserTest, DisableHyperlinkAuditing) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
+      switches::kNoPings));
+  content::WebContents* contents =
+      browser()->tab_strip_model()->GetActiveWebContents();
+  const content::WebPreferences prefs =
+      contents->GetRenderViewHost()->GetWebkitPreferences();
+  EXPECT_FALSE(prefs.hyperlink_auditing_enabled);
+}