diff --git a/docs/src/conf.py b/docs/src/conf.py
index 2423c7f139..686427b855 100644
--- a/docs/src/conf.py
+++ b/docs/src/conf.py
@@ -383,32 +383,6 @@ def _dotv(version):
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 html_style = "theme_override.css"
 
-# url link checker.  Some links work but report as broken, lets ignore them.
-# See https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/1.2/config.html#options-for-the-linkcheck-builder
-linkcheck_ignore = [
-    "https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/82adec1f896af6169112d09cc1174499",
-    "https://cfconventions.org",
-    "https://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list",
-    "https://effbot.org",
-    "https://help.github.com",
-    "https://docs.github.com",
-    "https://github.com",
-    "https://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer_updates.html",
-    "https://scitools.github.com/cartopy",
-    "https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/DPFS/documents/485_Vol_I_en_colour.pdf",
-    "https://software.ac.uk/how-cite-software",
-    "https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/conventions/cdc_netcdf_standard.shtml",
-    "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence",
-    "https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/",
-    "https://biggus.readthedocs.io/",
-    "https://stickler-ci.com/",
-    "https://twitter.com/scitools_iris",
-    "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python-iris",
-    "https://www.flaticon.com/",
-    "https://www.mail-archive.com/dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg39091.html",
-    "https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse2010194",
-]
-
 # list of sources to exclude from the build.
 exclude_patterns = []