diff --git a/pospell.py b/pospell.py
index ca36a39..7a4f674 100644
--- a/pospell.py
+++ b/pospell.py
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 """pospell is a spellcheckers for po files containing reStructuedText."""
-import io
-from string import digits
-from unicodedata import category
 import collections
 import functools
+import io
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from typing import List, Tuple
 from contextlib import redirect_stderr
 from itertools import chain
 from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import which
+from string import digits
+from typing import List, Tuple
+from unicodedata import category
 
 import docutils.frontend
 import docutils.nodes
 import docutils.parsers.rst
 import polib
+import regex
 from docutils.parsers.rst import roles
 from docutils.utils import new_document
+from sphinxlint import rst
 
-import regex
-
-__version__ = "1.2"
+__version__ = "1.3"
 
 DEFAULT_DROP_CAPITALIZED = {"fr": True, "fr_FR": True}
 
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def strip_rst(line):
     if line.endswith("::"):
         # Drop :: at the end, it would cause Literal block expected
         line = line[:-2]
+    line = rst.NORMAL_ROLE_RE.sub("", line)
     settings = docutils.frontend.get_default_settings()
     settings.pep_references = None
     settings.rfc_references = None
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b374762..7bafa93 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "polib",
     "docutils>=0.18",
     "regex",
+    "sphinx-lint>=0.6.8",
 ]
 dynamic = [
     "version",