diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 362c684c215..725dbab9b54 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
     python: "3.8"
-  jobs:
-    pre_build:
-      - sphinx-build -W --keep-going -q -b linkcheck -d _build/doctrees docs/ _build/linkcheck
 
 search:
   ranking: