diff --git a/modules/lang/org/autoload/org-link.el b/modules/lang/org/autoload/org-link.el
index fedfcad16..a1dc13eaa 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/autoload/org-link.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/autoload/org-link.el
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ exist, and `org-link' otherwise."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +org-http-image-data-fn (protocol link _description)
   "Interpret LINK as an URL to an image file."
-  (when (image-type-from-file-name link)
-    (if-let* ((buf (url-retrieve-synchronously (concat protocol ":" link))))
+  (when (and (image-type-from-file-name link)
+             (not (eq org-display-remote-inline-images 'skip)))
+    (if-let (buf (url-retrieve-synchronously (concat protocol ":" link)))
         (with-current-buffer buf
           (goto-char (point-min))
           (re-search-forward "\r?\n\r?\n" nil t)
diff --git a/modules/lang/org/config.el b/modules/lang/org/config.el
index 68e7bad5e..cb19b4001 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/config.el
@@ -413,7 +413,9 @@ relative to `org-directory', unless it is an absolute path."
   (+org-define-basic-link "doom-docs" 'doom-docs-dir)
   (+org-define-basic-link "doom-modules" 'doom-modules-dir)
 
-  ;; Allow inline image previews of http(s)? urls or data uris
+  ;; Allow inline image previews of http(s)? urls or data uris.
+  ;; `+org-http-image-data-fn' will respect `org-display-remote-inline-images'.
+  (setq org-display-remote-inline-images 'download) ; TRAMP urls
   (org-link-set-parameters "http"  :image-data-fun #'+org-http-image-data-fn)
   (org-link-set-parameters "https" :image-data-fun #'+org-http-image-data-fn)
   (org-link-set-parameters "img"   :image-data-fun #'+org-inline-image-data-fn)