diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6acd757b7b632a1a282a0548c09fdecabcadccbc..793e052af3e273e1108f314c09b638816d56c621 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ include:
 stages:
   - build
   - upload
-  - validate
 
 build:
   stage: build
@@ -68,20 +67,6 @@ upload:production:
     - ssh -o CheckHostIP=no fitko@dorado.uberspace.de mkdir -p docs.fitko.de/fit-connect
     - rsync -rLvz --delete --checksum -e "ssh -o CheckHostIP=no" --ipv4 --progress ./build/. fitko@dorado.uberspace.de:docs.fitko.de/fit-connect
 
-link-check:
-    stage: validate
-    rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-    variables:
-      CRAWLER_URL: https://preview.docs.fitko.dev/fit-connect/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG/docs
-      CRAWLER_DOMAIN: preview.docs.fitko.dev/fit-connect/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG/docs
-    needs:
-        - upload:preview
-    trigger:
-        strategy: depend
-        project: fit-connect/schema-link-checker
-        branch: main
-
 stop:preview:
   stage: .post
   image: alpine:latest