diff --git a/src/ActivityStreams/Link.php b/src/ActivityStreams/Link.php
index fddae71ab..b5c249e0d 100644
--- a/src/ActivityStreams/Link.php
+++ b/src/ActivityStreams/Link.php
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Code\ActivityStreams;
 
-class Link
+use Code\Lib\BaseObject;
+
+class Link extends BaseObject
 {
     public $type;
     public $href;
@@ -15,24 +17,6 @@ class Link
     public $preview;
 
 
-    public function __construct($input = null, $strict = false)
-    {
-        if (isset($input)) {
-            if (is_string($input)) {
-                $this->string = $input;
-            }
-            elseif(is_array($input)) {
-                foreach ($input as $key => $value) {
-                    $key = ($key === '@context') ? 'ldcontext' : $key;
-                    if ($strict && !property_exists($this, $key)) {
-                        throw new UnhandledElementException("Unhandled element: $key");
-                    }
-                    $this->{$key} = $value;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return $this;
-    }
 
     /**
      * @return mixed
@@ -52,8 +36,6 @@ class Link
         return $this;
     }
 
-
-
     /**
      * @return mixed
      */
@@ -198,25 +180,4 @@ class Link
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function toArray()
-    {
-        if ($this->string) {
-            return $this->string;
-        }
-        $returnValue = [];
-        foreach ((array) $this as $key => $value) {
-            if (isset($value)) {
-                $key = ($key === 'ldcontext') ? '@context' : $key;
-                if ($value instanceof ASObject || $value instanceof Link) {
-                    $returnValue[$key] = $value->toArray();
-                }
-                else {
-                    $returnValue[$key] = $value;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return $returnValue;
-    }
-
-
 }