There is a solution.
Stupid but works for me.
1. Open premiere where you have linked AE comp.
2. right-click “edit original”
3. Ae pops up and asks you to save your file adding “(converted)” to name line at the end
4. delete “(converted)” addon and overwrite existing (old) file – consider backingup first
5. Save AE, Save Premiere. Close both programs.
When you open programs again it seems that links works (well, at least for me).
It seems that premiere 2017 do not understand Links from older AE’s. When you overwrite the AE file with AE 2017 coding it looks that problem dissapead.
Best Wishes
Michael