diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
index a60c5e13a0..21efc243e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 name: Check Markdown links
 on: push
 jobs:
-  markdown-link-check:
+  Check markdown links in the repo root:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Check out the latest version of the code
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # Remove folders that we do not want to check.
-      # This is due to the markdown-link-check action
-      # not having an exclude parameter, see
-      # https://github.com/gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check/issues/38
-      - name: Remove folders that we do not want to check
-        run: rm -rf .changelog
-
-      # Checks the status of hyperlinks in *.md files in docs/
+      # Checks the status of hyperlinks in *.md files in the repo root
       - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@1.0.15
         with:
-          config-file: .markdownlink_check_config.json
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+          folder-path: '.'
+          max-depth: 1
+  
+  Check markdown links in docs/docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Check out the latest version of the code
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # Checks the status of hyperlinks in *.md files in the docs/docs folder
+      - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@1.0.15
+        with:
+          folder-path: 'docs/docs'
diff --git a/.markdownlink_check_config.json b/.markdownlink_check_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b386b1ecd..0000000000
--- a/.markdownlink_check_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "ignorePatterns": [
-      {
-        "pattern": "*.changelog*"
-      }
-    ]
-}
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