According the documentation is is possible to turn off the functionality just doing $(\'body\').off(\'.alert.data-api\'). In the case of tooltip I tried the
$(\'body\').off(\'.alert.data-api\')
I found a way to do it using CSS! Just add .tooltip { visibility: hidden } to your CSS file.
.tooltip { visibility: hidden }
If you want to make your link accessibility friendly without the tooltip, then just add aria-label= "Here's a link description."
aria-label= "Here's a link description."
Hope this helps!