diff --git a/doc/texi2pod.pl b/doc/texi2pod.pl
index fd3f02059d..aa3273ec1a 100755
--- a/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ sub postprocess
     # @* is also impossible in .pod; we discard it and any newline that
     # follows it.  Similarly, our macro @gol must be discarded.
 
+    s/\@anchor{(?:[^\}]*)\}//g;
     s/\(?\@xref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}(?:[^.<]|(?:<[^<>]*>))*\.\)?//g;
     s/\s+\(\@pxref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}\)//g;
     s/;\s+\@pxref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}//g;