diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8ff24d46f51cdf56729d9eb6e29590203a4131f6..0999141870c48b88e0f983a51a9e5eec43b38d09 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 # Base #
 ########
 
-RUN pip install mkdocs>=1.1.2 mkdocs-material>=7.1.0 mkdocs-htmlproofer-plugin>=0.8.0
+RUN pip install mkdocs>=1.1.2 mkdocs-material>=7.1.0
 
 ##########
 # Linter #
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN pip install mkdocs>=1.1.2 mkdocs-material>=7.1.0 mkdocs-htmlproofer-plugin>=
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs npm aspell git
 
-RUN npm install -g markdownlint-cli
+RUN npm install -g markdownlint-cli markdown-link-check
 
 ###########################################
 # prepare git for automatic merging in CI #
diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/mkdocs.yml b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/mkdocs.yml
index c6f1b9068220f2739c1bb4ee17a474af89aa14bd..00f0b09db3e4f7470b65e203e517f38268739e78 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/mkdocs.yml
@@ -223,4 +223,3 @@ extra:
 plugins:
   - search
   - markdown-caption
-  - htmlproofer