diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
index 222cdf2083..783c6bade9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
@@ -228,5 +228,4 @@ check_doc_links:
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - cd docs
     - pip install -U -r requirements.txt
-    # At the moment this check will always fail due to multiple known limitations, ignore result
-    - build-docs -t $DOCTGT -l $DOCLANG linkcheck || { echo "THERE ARE ISSUES DUE TO KNOWN LIMITATIONS, PLEASE FIX THEM. Nowadays we're ignored them to pass pipeline."; true; }
+    - build-docs -t $DOCTGT -l $DOCLANG linkcheck
diff --git a/docs/conf_common.py b/docs/conf_common.py
index c8db151621..1942555e06 100644
--- a/docs/conf_common.py
+++ b/docs/conf_common.py
@@ -172,6 +172,19 @@ google_analytics_id = os.environ.get('CI_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID', None)
 
 project_homepage = 'https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf'
 
+linkcheck_anchors = False
+
+linkcheck_exclude_documents = ['index',  # several false positives due to the way we link to different sections
+                               'api-reference/protocols/esp_local_ctrl',  # Fails due to `https://<mdns-hostname>.local`
+                               'api-reference/provisioning/wifi_provisioning',  # Fails due to `https://<mdns-hostname>.local`
+                               ]
+
+
+linkcheck_ignore = ['https://webhome.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php',  # Certificate error
+                    'https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp32s3_rom.elf',  # Not published
+                    ]
+
+
 # Custom added feature to allow redirecting old URLs
 with open('../page_redirects.txt') as f:
     lines = [re.sub(' +', ' ', line.strip()) for line in f.readlines() if line.strip() != '' and not line.startswith('#')]