diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
index e7f54b84..6fd9a6fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
@@ -128,12 +128,18 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 
 			// sort links according to their relation
 			Map<String, List<Object>> sortedLinks = new LinkedHashMap<String, List<Object>>();
+
 			boolean prefixingRequired = curieProvider != null;
+			boolean curiedLinkPresent = false;
 
 			for (Link link : value) {
 
 				String rel = prefixingRequired ? curieProvider.getNamespacedRelFrom(link) : link.getRel();
 
+				if (!link.getRel().equals(rel)) {
+					curiedLinkPresent = true;
+				}
+
 				if (sortedLinks.get(rel) == null) {
 					sortedLinks.put(rel, new ArrayList<Object>());
 				}
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 				sortedLinks.get(rel).add(link);
 			}
 
-			if (prefixingRequired) {
+			if (prefixingRequired && curiedLinkPresent) {
 				Object curieInformation = curieProvider.getCurieInformation();
 				List<Object> curies = new ArrayList<Object>();
 				curies.add(Arrays.asList(curieInformation));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
index 11690731..a7723edf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class Jackson2HalIntegrationTest extends AbstractJackson2MarshallingInteg
 	static final Links PAGINATION_LINKS = new Links(new Link("foo", Link.REL_NEXT), new Link("bar", Link.REL_PREVIOUS));
 
 	static final String CURIED_DOCUMENT = "{\"_links\":{\"self\":{\"href\":\"foo\"},\"foo:myrel\":{\"href\":\"bar\"},\"curies\":[{\"href\":\"http://localhost:8080/rels/{rel}\",\"name\":\"foo\",\"templated\":true}]}}";
+	static final String SINGLE_NON_CURIE_LINK = "{\"_links\":{\"self\":{\"href\":\"foo\"}}}";
 	static final String EMPTY_DOCUMENT = "{}";
 
 	@Before
@@ -295,6 +296,18 @@ public class Jackson2HalIntegrationTest extends AbstractJackson2MarshallingInteg
 		assertThat(getCuriedObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(resources), is(EMPTY_DOCUMENT));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see #125
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void doesNotRenderCuriesIfNoCurieLinkIsPresent() throws Exception {
+
+		Resources<Object> resources = new Resources<Object>(Collections.emptySet());
+		resources.add(new Link("foo"));
+
+		assertThat(getCuriedObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(resources), is(SINGLE_NON_CURIE_LINK));
+	}
+
 	private static Resources<Resource<SimpleAnnotatedPojo>> setupAnnotatedPagedResources() {
 
 		List<Resource<SimpleAnnotatedPojo>> content = new ArrayList<Resource<SimpleAnnotatedPojo>>();