diff --git a/calendar/renderer.php b/calendar/renderer.php
index b6c86783557..aa1591c952c 100644
--- a/calendar/renderer.php
+++ b/calendar/renderer.php
@@ -351,9 +351,8 @@ class core_calendar_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
      */
     public function render_no_calendar_subscriptions(): string {
         $output = html_writer::start_div('mt-5');
-        $importlink = html_writer::link((new moodle_url('/calendar/import.php', calendar_get_export_import_link_params()))->out(),
-                get_string('importcalendarexternal', 'calendar'));
-        $output .= get_string('nocalendarsubscriptions', 'calendar', $importlink);
+        $importlink = (new moodle_url('/calendar/import.php', calendar_get_export_import_link_params()))->out();
+        $output .= get_string('nocalendarsubscriptionsimportexternal', 'core_calendar', $importlink);
         $output .= html_writer::end_div();
 
         return $output;
@@ -380,7 +379,8 @@ class core_calendar_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
         $table->id = 'subscription_details_table';
 
         if (empty($subscriptions)) {
-            $cell = new html_table_cell(get_string('nocalendarsubscriptions', 'calendar'));
+            $importlink = (new moodle_url('/calendar/import.php', calendar_get_export_import_link_params()))->out();
+            $cell = new html_table_cell(get_string('nocalendarsubscriptionsimportexternal', 'core_calendar', $importlink));
             $cell->colspan = 5;
             $table->data[] = new html_table_row(array($cell));
         }
diff --git a/lang/en/calendar.php b/lang/en/calendar.php
index cc273a0b69f..82905655c56 100644
--- a/lang/en/calendar.php
+++ b/lang/en/calendar.php
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ $string['namewithsource'] = '{$a->name} ({$a->source})';
 $string['never'] = 'Never';
 $string['newevent'] = 'New event';
 $string['newmonthannouncement'] = 'Calendar is now set to {$a}.';
+$string['nocalendarsubscriptionsimportexternal'] = 'No calendar subscriptions yet. <a href="{$a}">Import an external calendar</a>';
 $string['notitle'] = 'no title';
 $string['noupcomingevents'] = 'There are no upcoming events';
 $string['nocalendarsubscriptions'] = 'No calendar subscriptions yet. Do you want to {$a}';