diff --git a/core/src/tests/OCP/comments.spec.js b/core/src/OCP/comments.spec.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from core/src/tests/OCP/comments.spec.js
rename to core/src/OCP/comments.spec.ts
index f4493b1f8d6..55f9d174e2a 100644
--- a/core/src/tests/OCP/comments.spec.js
+++ b/core/src/OCP/comments.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import * as Comments from '../../OCP/comments.js'
+import { plainToRich } from './comments.ts'
 
 it.for([
 	{ input: 'nextcloud.com', expected: 'nextcloud.com' },
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ it.for([
 	{ input: 'FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().deleteInstanceId()', expected: 'FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().deleteInstanceId()' },
 	{ input: 'I mean...it', expected: 'I mean...it' },
 ])('OCP.Comments should parse URLs only', ({ input, expected }) => {
-	const result = Comments.plainToRich(input)
+	const result = plainToRich(input)
 	expect(result).toEqual(expected)
 })
diff --git a/core/src/OCP/comments.js b/core/src/OCP/comments.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from core/src/OCP/comments.js
rename to core/src/OCP/comments.ts
index 34699a477d1..c95bebe6899 100644
--- a/core/src/OCP/comments.js
+++ b/core/src/OCP/comments.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
-import $ from 'jquery'
-
 /*
  * Detects links:
  * Either the http(s) protocol is given or two strings, basically limited to ascii with the last
@@ -19,23 +17,29 @@ import $ from 'jquery'
 const urlRegex = /(\s|^)(https?:\/\/)([-A-Z0-9+_.]+(?::[0-9]+)?(?:\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#%?=~_|!:,.;()]*)*)(\s|$)/ig
 
 /**
- * @param {any} content -
+ * Converts plain text to rich text
+ *
+ * @param content - The plain text content
  */
-export function plainToRich(content) {
-	return this.formatLinksRich(content)
+export function plainToRich(content: string) {
+	return formatLinksRich(content)
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {any} content -
+ * Converts rich text to plain text
+ *
+ * @param content - The rich text content
  */
-export function richToPlain(content) {
-	return this.formatLinksPlain(content)
+export function richToPlain(content: string) {
+	return formatLinksPlain(content)
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {any} content -
+ * Format links in the given content to rich text links
+ *
+ * @param content - The content containing plain text URLs
  */
-export function formatLinksRich(content) {
+export function formatLinksRich(content: string) {
 	return content.replace(urlRegex, function(_, leadingSpace, protocol, url, trailingSpace) {
 		let linkText = url
 		if (!protocol) {
@@ -49,13 +53,16 @@ export function formatLinksRich(content) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {any} content -
+ * Format links in the given content to plain text links
+ *
+ * @param content - The content containing rich text URLs
  */
-export function formatLinksPlain(content) {
-	const $content = $('<div></div>').html(content)
-	$content.find('a').each(function() {
-		const $this = $(this)
-		$this.html($this.attr('href'))
+export function formatLinksPlain(content: string) {
+	const el = document.createElement('div')
+	el.innerHTML = content
+	el.querySelectorAll('a').forEach((anchor) => {
+		anchor.replaceWith(document.createTextNode(anchor.getAttribute('href') || ''))
 	})
-	return $content.html()
+
+	return el.innerHTML
 }
diff --git a/core/src/OCP/index.js b/core/src/OCP/index.js
index faf63f1baf4..b2377f050a5 100644
--- a/core/src/OCP/index.js
+++ b/core/src/OCP/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
 import Accessibility from './accessibility.js'
 import * as AppConfig from './appconfig.ts'
 import Collaboration from './collaboration.js'
-import * as Comments from './comments.js'
+import * as Comments from './comments.ts'
 import Loader from './loader.js'
 import Toast from './toast.js'
 import * as WhatsNew from './whatsnew.js'
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ export default {
 	Accessibility,
 	AppConfig,
 	Collaboration,
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated 33.0.0
+	 */
 	Comments,
 	InitialState: {
 		/**