Removing red boxes around references

Question

I have seen some solutions on here to problems regarding removing red boxes from hyperlinks, but I have an issue with red boxes around references. Whenever I use the commands \eqref{} or \footnote{} the number in the PDF has a big red box around it. I have linked the issue to my classicthesis package. I like the formatting of this package, but I don't want to have red boxes around my references. What can I do? My document preamble is:

\documentclass[hidelinks,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsfonts}-\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{classicthesis}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[colorinlistoftodos]{todonotes}

Answer 1

I avoid the option clash for hyperref by loading:

\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}

The last package in my preamble is:

\usepackage[colorlinks=true, linkcolor=Maroon, urlcolor=Maroon]{hyperref}

Obviously, you should use your own preferred colours.

I struggled with this for quite a while when I was designing the template for a scholarly journal but after some digging around, settled on this. I don't have time just now to re-trace the steps I took in finding this out but I will do so if nothing comparable works for you.

Answer 2

the answer is here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47923066/how-to-get-rid-of-the-red-box-around-hyperlink-in-pdf

it is

\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}