diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6568f41..ffdb12a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       repo: nextstrain/docs.nextstrain.org
       docs-directory: .
       environment-file: conda.yml
+      run-linkcheck: false
 
   test-docs-ci-pip:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/docs-ci.yaml
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       repo: nextstrain/augur
       docs-directory: docs/
       pip-install-target: .[dev]
+      run-linkcheck: false
 
   test-pathogen-repo-build:
     permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yaml
index fbc7dfa..bec120e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: html
 
+      run-linkcheck:
+        description: >-
+          Run linkcheck steps
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+        required: false
+
 env:
   # Used for `make` steps.
   # -n: warn on missing references
@@ -88,10 +95,12 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.docs-directory }}
 
       # Ignore the exit code, results will be checked in the next step
-      - run: make linkcheck || true
+      - if: inputs.run-linkcheck
+        run: make linkcheck || true
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.docs-directory }}
 
-      - name: Check for broken links
+      - if: inputs.run-linkcheck
+        name: Check for broken links
         run: |
           broken_links=$(jq 'select(.status == "broken")' "$BUILDDIR/linkcheck/output.json")
           if [ -n "$broken_links" ]; then