diff --git a/news/changelog-1.7.md b/news/changelog-1.7.md
index d8540c0c72f..dc17ad6e555 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.7.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.7.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ All changes included in 1.7:
 - ([#8238](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/8238)): Listing categories are now sorted case-insensitively.
 - ([#10501](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10501)): Improve documentation of `repo-actions` option.
 - ([#11701](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11701)): Wrap HTML emitted by EJS templates in `{=html}` blocks to avoid memory blowup issues with Pandoc's parser.
+- ([#9468](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/9468)): Respect `link-external-newwindow: true` in "default" type listing.
 - ([#12134](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/12134)): Forward `logo.small` images in `_brand.yml` files to a website `favicon`.
 
 ### `blog`
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/_quarto-rules-link-external.scss b/src/resources/formats/html/_quarto-rules-link-external.scss
index 0573dd03a76..f021574e42b 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/_quarto-rules-link-external.scss
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/_quarto-rules-link-external.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ a.external:after:hover {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.quarto-listing-default a.external:after {
+  content: none;
+}
+
 .quarto-ext-icon {
   display: inline-block;
   font-size: 0.75em;
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md
index 91114a7867f..6a2fee9db2d 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ print(`<div class="metadata-value listing-${field}">${listing.utilities.outputLi
 <% if (fields.includes('image')) { %>
 
 ```{=html}
-<div class="thumbnail"><a href="<%- item.path %>" class="no-external">
+<div class="thumbnail"><a href="<%- item.path %>">
 <% if (item.image) { %>
 <%= listing.utilities.img(itemNumber, item.image, "thumbnail-image", item['image-alt'], item['image-lazy-loading'] ?? listing['image-lazy-loading']) %>
 <% } else { %>
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ print(`<div class="metadata-value listing-${field}">${listing.utilities.outputLi
 ::: {.body}
 
 <% if (fields.includes('title')) { %>
-<h3 class="no-anchor listing-title"><a href="<%- item.path %>" class="no-external"><%= item.title %></a></h3>
+<h3 class="no-anchor listing-title"><a href="<%- item.path %>"><%= item.title %></a></h3>
 <% if (fields.includes('subtitle')) { %>
-<div class="listing-subtitle"><a href="<%- item.path %>" class="no-external"><%= item.subtitle %></a></div>
+<div class="listing-subtitle"><a href="<%- item.path %>"><%= item.subtitle %></a></div>
 <% } %>
 <% } %>
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ print(`<div class="metadata-value listing-${field}">${listing.utilities.outputLi
 <% if (fields.includes('description')) { %>
 
 ```{=html}
-<div class="delink listing-description"><a href="<%- item.path %>" class="no-external">
+<div class="delink listing-description"><a href="<%- item.path %>">
 ```
 
 <%= item.description %>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ print(`<div class="metadata-value listing-${field}">${listing.utilities.outputLi
 ::: {.metadata}
 
 ```{=html}
-<a href="<%- item.path %>" class="no-external">
+<a href="<%- item.path %>">
 ```
 
 <% if (fields.includes('date') && item.date) { %>