QQuickTextEdit: hoveredLink broken when not connected to onLinkHovered

import QtQuick 2.2

Rectangle {
    width: 360
    height: 360

    TextEdit {
        id: edit

        anchors.centerIn: parent

        textFormat: Qt.RichText
        text: "A <a href='link://textedit'>link</a> in a TextEdit..."

        //onLinkHovered: console.log(link) // <-- works after uncommenting this

        Rectangle {
            anchors.fill: parent
            border.width: 1
            z: -1
        }
    }

    Timer {
        repeat: true
        running: true
        interval: 2000
        onTriggered: console.log("TextEdit::hoveredLink:", edit.hoveredLink)
    }
}