hyperref breaks acroplural

[ZelnickB]

When using the acronym environment to typeset a list of acronyms in my document, using \acroplural without the optional argument (plural short form) stops the document from compiling when hyperref is also loaded.

Steps to Reproduce

Compile the following document by running xelatex or pdflatex twice:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{acronym,hyperref}

\begin{document}

\begin{acronym}
    \acro{POI}{point of interest} \acroplural{POI}{points of interest}
\end{acronym}

\end{document}

Error Messages (on second run)

LaTeX Warning: Hyper reference `acro:POI' on page 1 undefined on input line 8.


LaTeX Warning: Hyper reference `acro:POI' on page 1 undefined on input line 8.

! Undefined control sequence.
\hyper@@link ->\let \Hy@reserved@a 
                                   \relax \@ifnextchar [{\hyper@link@ }{\hyp...
l.8 ...erest} \acroplural{POI}{points of interest}
                                                  
! Argument of \AC@acroplurali has an extra }.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.8 ...erest} \acroplural{POI}{points of interest}
                                                  
Runaway argument?
{POI}{\hyper@link@ }\def \reserved@b {\hyper@link@ [link]}\futurelet \ETC.
! Paragraph ended before \AC@acroplurali was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.8 ...erest} \acroplural{POI}{points of interest}

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See also acronym package - acroplural not working in acronym environment on TeX StackExchange.