I have a number of web views in my app in which I need to be careful about allowing further HTML links.
I disallow links in the delegate method shouldStartLoadWithRequ
Try injecting Javascript into the UIWebView to change the appearance of the links.
Removing the href from all anchors should clear the formatting.
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Here's some Javascript to get you started if you need it:
for(a in document.getElementsByTagName("a")) { a.href= ""; }