diff --git a/servant/servant.cabal b/servant/servant.cabal
index a3dc401d..bc8679b9 100644
--- a/servant/servant.cabal
+++ b/servant/servant.cabal
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ library
   exposed-modules:
     Servant.Links
 
+  other-modules:
+    Servant.Links.Internal
+    Servant.Links.TypeErrors
+
   -- Bundled with GHC: Lower bound to not force re-installs
   -- text and mtl are bundled starting with GHC-8.4
   --
diff --git a/servant/src/Servant/Links.hs b/servant/src/Servant/Links.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ce7388b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/servant/src/Servant/Links.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- | Wrapper for Servant.Links.Internal, which brings in scope the instance declarations
+-- in Servant.Links.TypeErrors
+module Servant.Links
+  ( module Servant.Links.Internal
+  ) where
+
+import           Servant.Links.Internal
+import           Servant.Links.TypeErrors ()
diff --git a/servant/src/Servant/Links/Internal.hs b/servant/src/Servant/Links/Internal.hs
index 74314e0a..06648085 100644
--- a/servant/src/Servant/Links/Internal.hs
+++ b/servant/src/Servant/Links/Internal.hs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 --  `IsElem'` as a last resort.
 --
 --  @since 0.14.1
-module Servant.Links (
+module Servant.Links.Internal (
   module Servant.API.TypeLevel,
 
   -- * Building and using safe links
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ import qualified Data.Text.Encoding            as TE
 import           Data.Type.Bool
                  (If)
 import           GHC.TypeLits
-                 (KnownSymbol, TypeError, symbolVal)
+                 (KnownSymbol, symbolVal)
 import           Network.URI
                  (URI (..), escapeURIString, isUnreserved)
 import           Prelude ()
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ import           Servant.API.Stream
                  (Stream, StreamBody')
 import           Servant.API.Sub
                  (type (:>))
-import           Servant.API.TypeErrors
 import           Servant.API.TypeLevel
 import           Servant.API.UVerb
 import           Servant.API.Vault
@@ -194,8 +193,6 @@ import           Servant.API.Verbs
 import           Servant.API.WithNamedContext
                  (WithNamedContext)
 import           Web.HttpApiData
-import           Data.Kind
-                 (Type)
 
 -- | A safe link datatype.
 -- The only way of constructing a 'Link' is using 'safeLink', which means any
@@ -648,22 +645,3 @@ simpleToLink _ toA _ = toLink toA (Proxy :: Proxy sub)
 -- $setup
 -- >>> import Servant.API
 -- >>> import Data.Text (Text)
-
--- Erroring instance for 'HasLink' when a combinator is not fully applied
-instance TypeError (PartialApplication 
-#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 904
-                    @(Type -> Constraint) 
-#endif
-                    HasLink arr) => HasLink ((arr :: a -> b) :> sub)
-  where
-    type MkLink (arr :> sub) _ = TypeError (PartialApplication (HasLink :: * -> Constraint) arr)
-    toLink = error "unreachable"
-
--- Erroring instances for 'HasLink' for unknown API combinators
-instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} TypeError (NoInstanceForSub 
-#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 904
-                                         @(Type -> Constraint) 
-#endif
-                                         HasLink ty) => HasLink (ty :> sub)
-
-instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} TypeError (NoInstanceFor (HasLink api)) => HasLink api
diff --git a/servant/src/Servant/Links/TypeErrors.hs b/servant/src/Servant/Links/TypeErrors.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75233fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/servant/src/Servant/Links/TypeErrors.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP                    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances   #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans         #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-missing-methods #-}
+
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 904
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications       #-}
+#endif
+
+-- | This module contains erroring instances for @Servant.Links.Internal@.
+-- They are separated from the bulk of the code, because they raise "missing methods"
+-- warnings. These warnings are expected, but ignoring them would lead to missing
+-- relevant warnings in @Servant.Links.Internal@. Therefore, we put them in a separate
+-- file, and ignore the warnings here.
+module Servant.Links.TypeErrors ()
+  where
+
+import           Data.Constraint
+import           GHC.TypeLits
+                 (TypeError)
+import           Prelude ()
+import           Prelude.Compat
+
+import           Servant.API.Sub
+                 (type (:>))
+import           Servant.API.TypeErrors
+import           Servant.Links.Internal
+
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 904
+import           Data.Kind (Type)
+#endif
+
+-- Erroring instance for 'HasLink' when a combinator is not fully applied
+instance TypeError (PartialApplication 
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 904
+                    @(Type -> Constraint) 
+#endif
+                    HasLink arr) => HasLink ((arr :: a -> b) :> sub)
+  where
+    type MkLink (arr :> sub) _ = TypeError (PartialApplication (HasLink :: * -> Constraint) arr)
+    toLink = error "unreachable"
+
+-- Erroring instances for 'HasLink' for unknown API combinators
+instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} TypeError (NoInstanceForSub 
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 904
+                                         @(Type -> Constraint) 
+#endif
+                                         HasLink ty) => HasLink (ty :> sub)
+
+instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} TypeError (NoInstanceFor (HasLink api)) => HasLink api