diff --git a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html
index 52d3a624..6ba78963 100644
--- a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html
+++ b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
       {%- set annotation = full -%}
     {%- endif -%}
     {%- for title, path in annotation|split_path(full) -%}
-      {%- filter stash_crossref(length=title|length) -%}
-        <span data-autorefs-optional{% if title != path %}-hover{% endif %}="{{ path }}">{{ title }}</span>
-      {%- endfilter -%}
+      {%- if not signature or config.signature_crossrefs -%}
+        {%- filter stash_crossref(length=title|length) -%}
+          <span data-autorefs-optional{% if title != path %}-hover{% endif %}="{{ path }}">{{ title }}</span>
+        {%- endfilter -%}
+      {%- else -%}
+        {{ title }}
+      {%- endif -%}
       {%- if not loop.last -%}.{%- endif -%}
     {%- endfor -%}
   {%- endwith -%}