diff --git a/NOTICE.md b/NOTICE.md
index fb79d327..1291e895 100644
--- a/NOTICE.md
+++ b/NOTICE.md
@@ -544,31 +544,3 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 ```
-
-## Component: Guidance
-
-**Open Source License**:
-
-```
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) The Guidance Contributors
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
-```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c70fb49..173deabb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -427,8 +427,6 @@ All of these can be easily extended.
 - specific [Python library](./controllers/pyctrl/Lib/) files are copied from
   [RustPython](https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython)
   (as we only use a subset of them)
-- [Guidance](https://github.com/guidance-ai/guidance) files copied under
-  [guidance_ctrl](./controllers/guidance_ctrl/Lib/guidance/)
 - the [example ANSI C grammar](controllers/aici_abi/grammars/c.y) is based on
   https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ANSI-C-grammar-y.html by Jeff Lee (from 1985)
 
diff --git a/scripts/checklinks.js b/scripts/checklinks.js
index 680cfacf..a24a210a 100644
--- a/scripts/checklinks.js
+++ b/scripts/checklinks.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const exclude = ["tmp/", "node_modules/", "target/"]
+const exclude = ["tmp/", "node_modules/", "target/", "controllers/RustPython/"]
 fs.readFileSync('.gitmodules', 'utf8').replace(/^\s*path = (.*)$/gm, (_, path) => {
     exclude.push(path + "/")
 })