diff --git a/scripts/commands/checkLinks.ts b/scripts/commands/checkLinks.ts
index fd8e3d0955f..e4adc78fc09 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/checkLinks.ts
+++ b/scripts/commands/checkLinks.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
 // that they have been altered from the originals.
 
-import { readdir } from "fs/promises";
+import { readFile, readdir } from "fs/promises";
 
 import { globby } from "globby";
 import yargs from "yargs/yargs";
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { hideBin } from "yargs/helpers";
 import { pathExists } from "../lib/fs";
 import { File } from "../lib/links/LinkChecker";
 import { FileBatch } from "../lib/links/FileBatch";
+import { QISKIT_MISSING_VERSION_MAPPING } from "../lib/qiskitMetapackage";
 
 // While these files don't exist in this repository, the link
 // checker should assume that they exist in production.
@@ -111,20 +112,28 @@ async function determineFileBatches(args: Arguments): Promise<FileBatch[]> {
     result.push(...devBatches);
   }
 
-  if (args.historicalApis) {
-    const provider = await determineHistoricalFileBatches(
-      "qiskit-ibm-provider",
-      ["docs/api/qiskit/*.md"],
-    );
-    const runtime = await determineHistoricalFileBatches("qiskit-ibm-runtime", [
-      "docs/api/qiskit/providers_models.md",
-    ]);
-    let qiskit: FileBatch[] = [];
-    if (!args.skipBrokenHistorical) {
-      qiskit = await determineHistoricalFileBatches("qiskit");
-    }
-    result.push(...provider, ...runtime, ...qiskit);
-  }
+  const provider = await determineHistoricalFileBatches(
+    "qiskit-ibm-provider",
+    ["docs/api/qiskit/*.md"],
+    args.historicalApis,
+  );
+  const runtime = await determineHistoricalFileBatches(
+    "qiskit-ibm-runtime",
+    ["docs/api/qiskit/providers_models.md"],
+    args.historicalApis,
+  );
+
+  const qiskit = await determineHistoricalFileBatches(
+    "qiskit",
+    [
+      "docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/0.44.md",
+      "docs/api/qiskit-ibm-provider/index.md",
+    ],
+    args.historicalApis && !args.skipBrokenHistorical,
+    args.qiskitReleaseNotes,
+  );
+
+  result.push(...provider, ...runtime, ...qiskit);
 
   return result;
 }
@@ -141,6 +150,8 @@ async function determineCurrentDocsFileBatch(
     // Ignore dev version
     "!docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/dev/*",
     "!public/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/dev/*",
+    // Ignore Qiskit release notes
+    "!docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/*",
   ];
   const toLoad = [
     // The 0.46 docs are used by release notes for APIs that were removed in 1.0.
@@ -149,6 +160,7 @@ async function determineCurrentDocsFileBatch(
     "docs/api/qiskit/0.45/qiskit.quantum_info.{OneQubitEuler,TwoQubitBasis,XX}Decomposer.md",
     "docs/api/qiskit/0.45/qiskit.transpiler.synthesis.aqc.AQC.md",
     "docs/api/qiskit/0.45/{tools,quantum_info,synthesis_aqc}.md",
+    "docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/index.md",
   ];
 
   if (!args.currentApis) {
@@ -158,9 +170,15 @@ async function determineCurrentDocsFileBatch(
     toLoad.push("docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/*");
   }
 
-  if (!args.qiskitReleaseNotes) {
-    toCheck.push("!docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/*");
-    toLoad.push("docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/index.md");
+  if (args.qiskitReleaseNotes) {
+    const currentVersion = JSON.parse(
+      await readFile(`docs/api/qiskit/_package.json`, "utf-8"),
+    )
+      .version.split(".")
+      .slice(0, -1)
+      .join(".");
+
+    toCheck.push(`docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/${currentVersion}.md`);
   }
 
   let description: string;
@@ -203,19 +221,59 @@ async function determineDevFileBatches(): Promise<FileBatch[]> {
 
 async function determineHistoricalFileBatches(
   projectName: string,
-  toLoad: string[] = [],
+  extraGlobsToLoad: string[],
+  checkHistoricalApiDocs: boolean,
+  checkSeparateReleaseNotes: boolean = false,
 ): Promise<FileBatch[]> {
+  if (!checkHistoricalApiDocs && !checkSeparateReleaseNotes) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const historicalFolders = (
     await readdir(`docs/api/${projectName}`, { withFileTypes: true })
   ).filter((file) => file.isDirectory() && file.name.match(/[0-9].*/));
 
   const result = [];
   for (const folder of historicalFolders) {
-    const fileBatch = await FileBatch.fromGlobs(
-      [
+    const toCheck: string[] = [];
+    const toLoad = [...extraGlobsToLoad];
+
+    if (checkHistoricalApiDocs) {
+      toCheck.push(
         `docs/api/${projectName}/${folder.name}/*`,
         `public/api/${projectName}/${folder.name}/objects.inv`,
-      ],
+      );
+    } else {
+      toLoad.push(`docs/api/${projectName}/${folder.name}/*`);
+    }
+
+    if (checkSeparateReleaseNotes) {
+      toCheck.push(`docs/api/${projectName}/release-notes/${folder.name}.md`);
+
+      // Some legacy release notes don't have docs, and their links point to the closest
+      // next version present in the repo. QISKIT_MISSING_VERSION_MAPPING contains what
+      // versions point to which other version
+      const extraVersionsToCheck = QISKIT_MISSING_VERSION_MAPPING.get(
+        folder.name,
+      );
+      extraVersionsToCheck?.forEach((version) => {
+        toCheck.push(`docs/api/${projectName}/release-notes/${version}.md`);
+      });
+
+      // Temporary - remove after https://github.com/Qiskit/documentation/pull/865 is merged
+      toLoad.push(
+        "docs/api/qiskit/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}",
+        "docs/api/qiskit/0.46/*.md",
+        "docs/api/qiskit/0.44/qiskit.extensions.{Hamiltonian,Unitary}Gate.md",
+        "docs/api/qiskit/0.45/qiskit.quantum_info.{OneQubitEuler,TwoQubitBasis,XX}Decomposer.md",
+        "docs/api/qiskit/0.45/qiskit.transpiler.synthesis.aqc.AQC.md",
+        "docs/api/qiskit/0.45/{tools,quantum_info,synthesis_aqc}.md",
+        "docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/index.md",
+      );
+    }
+
+    const fileBatch = await FileBatch.fromGlobs(
+      toCheck,
       toLoad,
       `${projectName} v${folder.name}`,
     );
diff --git a/scripts/lib/api/Pkg.ts b/scripts/lib/api/Pkg.ts
index 08b38fccced..aa586b87a48 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/api/Pkg.ts
+++ b/scripts/lib/api/Pkg.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { join } from "path/posix";
 
 import { findLegacyReleaseNotes } from "./releaseNotes";
 import { getRoot } from "../fs";
+import { determineHistoricalQiskitGithubUrl } from "../qiskitMetapackage";
 
 export interface ReleaseNoteEntry {
   title: string;
@@ -207,162 +208,3 @@ export class Pkg {
       );
   }
 }
-
-const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_TERRA = new Map([
-  ["0.44", "0.25"],
-  ["0.43", "0.24"],
-  ["0.42", "0.23"],
-  ["0.41", "0.23"],
-  ["0.40", "0.23"],
-  ["0.39", "0.22"],
-  ["0.38", "0.21"],
-  ["0.37", "0.21"],
-  ["0.36", "0.20"],
-  ["0.35", "0.20"],
-  ["0.34", "0.19"],
-  ["0.33", "0.19"],
-  ["0.32", "0.18"],
-  ["0.31", "0.18"],
-  ["0.30", "0.18"],
-  ["0.29", "0.18"],
-  ["0.28", "0.18"],
-  ["0.27", "0.17"],
-  ["0.26", "0.17"],
-  ["0.25", "0.17"],
-  ["0.24", "0.16"],
-  ["0.19", "0.14"],
-]);
-const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AER = new Map([
-  ["0.43", "0.12"],
-  ["0.42", "0.12"],
-  ["0.41", "0.11"],
-  ["0.40", "0.11"],
-  ["0.39", "0.11"],
-  ["0.38", "0.11"],
-  ["0.37", "0.10"],
-  ["0.36", "0.10"],
-  ["0.35", "0.10"],
-  ["0.34", "0.10"],
-  ["0.33", "0.9"],
-  ["0.32", "0.9"],
-  ["0.31", "0.9"],
-  ["0.30", "0.9"],
-  ["0.29", "0.8"],
-  ["0.28", "0.8"],
-  ["0.27", "0.8"],
-  ["0.26", "0.8"],
-  ["0.25", "0.8"],
-  ["0.24", "0.7"],
-  ["0.19", "0.5"],
-]);
-const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IGNIS = new Map([
-  ["0.36", "0.7"],
-  ["0.35", "0.7"],
-  ["0.34", "0.7"],
-  ["0.33", "0.7"],
-  ["0.32", "0.6"],
-  ["0.31", "0.6"],
-  ["0.30", "0.6"],
-  ["0.29", "0.6"],
-  ["0.28", "0.6"],
-  ["0.27", "0.6"],
-  ["0.26", "0.6"],
-  ["0.25", "0.6"],
-  ["0.24", "0.5"],
-  ["0.19", "0.3"],
-]);
-const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AQUA = new Map([
-  ["0.32", "0.9"],
-  ["0.31", "0.9"],
-  ["0.30", "0.9"],
-  ["0.29", "0.9"],
-  ["0.28", "0.9"],
-  ["0.27", "0.9"],
-  ["0.26", "0.9"],
-  ["0.25", "0.9"],
-  ["0.24", "0.8"],
-  ["0.19", "0.7"],
-]);
-const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IBMQ_PROVIDER = new Map([
-  ["0.43", "0.20"],
-  ["0.42", "0.20"],
-  ["0.41", "0.20"],
-  ["0.40", "0.19"],
-  ["0.39", "0.19"],
-  ["0.38", "0.19"],
-  ["0.37", "0.19"],
-  ["0.36", "0.19"],
-  ["0.35", "0.18"],
-  ["0.34", "0.18"],
-  ["0.33", "0.18"],
-  ["0.32", "0.18"],
-  ["0.31", "0.17"],
-  ["0.30", "0.16"],
-  ["0.29", "0.16"],
-  ["0.28", "0.15"],
-  ["0.27", "0.14"],
-  ["0.26", "0.13"],
-  ["0.25", "0.12"],
-  ["0.24", "0.12"],
-  ["0.19", "0.7"],
-]);
-
-function determineHistoricalQiskitGithubUrl(
-  metapackageVersion: string,
-  fileName: string,
-): string {
-  const getOrThrow = (mapping: Map<string, string>): string => {
-    const result = mapping.get(metapackageVersion);
-    if (result === undefined) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `No compatible version found for the file ${fileName} with qiskit-metapackage ${metapackageVersion}}`,
-      );
-    }
-    return result;
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * Special case:
-   * The file `qiskit/optimization/converters/quadratic_program_to_negative_value_oracle` existed in qiskit-aqua
-   * patch 0.7.3, but was removed in patch 0.7.4. Thus, the branch stable/0.7 doesn't contain the file, and
-   * we can only access it through the tag 0.7.3
-   */
-  if (
-    metapackageVersion == "0.19" &&
-    fileName ==
-      "qiskit/optimization/converters/quadratic_program_to_negative_value_oracle"
-  ) {
-    return `https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-aqua/tree/0.7.3/${fileName}.py`;
-  }
-
-  let slug: string;
-  let version: string;
-  if (
-    fileName.includes("qiskit_aer") ||
-    fileName.includes("qiskit/aer") ||
-    fileName.includes("qiskit/providers/aer")
-  ) {
-    slug = "qiskit/qiskit-aer";
-    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AER);
-  } else if (fileName.includes("qiskit/ignis")) {
-    slug = "qiskit-community/qiskit-ignis";
-    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IGNIS);
-  } else if (
-    fileName.includes("qiskit/aqua") ||
-    fileName.includes("qiskit/chemistry") ||
-    fileName.includes("qiskit/finance") ||
-    fileName.includes("qiskit/ml") ||
-    fileName.includes("qiskit/optimization")
-  ) {
-    slug = "qiskit-community/qiskit-aqua";
-    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AQUA);
-  } else if (fileName.includes("qiskit/providers/ibmq")) {
-    slug = "qiskit/qiskit-ibmq-provider";
-    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IBMQ_PROVIDER);
-  } else {
-    slug = "qiskit/qiskit";
-    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_TERRA);
-  }
-
-  return `https://github.com/${slug}/tree/stable/${version}/${fileName}.py`;
-}
diff --git a/scripts/lib/qiskitMetapackage.ts b/scripts/lib/qiskitMetapackage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4148599f876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/qiskitMetapackage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// This code is a Qiskit project.
+//
+// (C) Copyright IBM 2024.
+//
+// This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
+// obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE file in the root directory
+// of this source tree or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+//
+// Any modifications or derivative works of this code must retain this
+// copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
+// that they have been altered from the originals.
+
+// Some Qiskit release notes don't have docs in the repo, and we need to change
+// their links to point to the next closest version available. This map stores
+// the next closest version with docs for some qiskit legacy versions.
+export const QISKIT_MISSING_VERSION_MAPPING = new Map([
+  [
+    "0.19",
+    [
+      "0.5",
+      "0.6",
+      "0.7",
+      "0.8",
+      "0.9",
+      "0.10",
+      "0.11",
+      "0.12",
+      "0.13",
+      "0.14",
+      "0.15",
+      "0.16",
+      "0.17",
+      "0.18",
+    ],
+  ],
+  ["0.24", ["0.20", "0.21", "0.22", "0.23"]],
+  ["0.35", ["0.34"]],
+]);
+
+const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_TERRA = new Map([
+  ["0.44", "0.25"],
+  ["0.43", "0.24"],
+  ["0.42", "0.23"],
+  ["0.41", "0.23"],
+  ["0.40", "0.23"],
+  ["0.39", "0.22"],
+  ["0.38", "0.21"],
+  ["0.37", "0.21"],
+  ["0.36", "0.20"],
+  ["0.35", "0.20"],
+  ["0.34", "0.19"],
+  ["0.33", "0.19"],
+  ["0.32", "0.18"],
+  ["0.31", "0.18"],
+  ["0.30", "0.18"],
+  ["0.29", "0.18"],
+  ["0.28", "0.18"],
+  ["0.27", "0.17"],
+  ["0.26", "0.17"],
+  ["0.25", "0.17"],
+  ["0.24", "0.16"],
+  ["0.19", "0.14"],
+]);
+const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AER = new Map([
+  ["0.43", "0.12"],
+  ["0.42", "0.12"],
+  ["0.41", "0.11"],
+  ["0.40", "0.11"],
+  ["0.39", "0.11"],
+  ["0.38", "0.11"],
+  ["0.37", "0.10"],
+  ["0.36", "0.10"],
+  ["0.35", "0.10"],
+  ["0.34", "0.10"],
+  ["0.33", "0.9"],
+  ["0.32", "0.9"],
+  ["0.31", "0.9"],
+  ["0.30", "0.9"],
+  ["0.29", "0.8"],
+  ["0.28", "0.8"],
+  ["0.27", "0.8"],
+  ["0.26", "0.8"],
+  ["0.25", "0.8"],
+  ["0.24", "0.7"],
+  ["0.19", "0.5"],
+]);
+const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IGNIS = new Map([
+  ["0.36", "0.7"],
+  ["0.35", "0.7"],
+  ["0.34", "0.7"],
+  ["0.33", "0.7"],
+  ["0.32", "0.6"],
+  ["0.31", "0.6"],
+  ["0.30", "0.6"],
+  ["0.29", "0.6"],
+  ["0.28", "0.6"],
+  ["0.27", "0.6"],
+  ["0.26", "0.6"],
+  ["0.25", "0.6"],
+  ["0.24", "0.5"],
+  ["0.19", "0.3"],
+]);
+const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AQUA = new Map([
+  ["0.32", "0.9"],
+  ["0.31", "0.9"],
+  ["0.30", "0.9"],
+  ["0.29", "0.9"],
+  ["0.28", "0.9"],
+  ["0.27", "0.9"],
+  ["0.26", "0.9"],
+  ["0.25", "0.9"],
+  ["0.24", "0.8"],
+  ["0.19", "0.7"],
+]);
+const QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IBMQ_PROVIDER = new Map([
+  ["0.43", "0.20"],
+  ["0.42", "0.20"],
+  ["0.41", "0.20"],
+  ["0.40", "0.19"],
+  ["0.39", "0.19"],
+  ["0.38", "0.19"],
+  ["0.37", "0.19"],
+  ["0.36", "0.19"],
+  ["0.35", "0.18"],
+  ["0.34", "0.18"],
+  ["0.33", "0.18"],
+  ["0.32", "0.18"],
+  ["0.31", "0.17"],
+  ["0.30", "0.16"],
+  ["0.29", "0.16"],
+  ["0.28", "0.15"],
+  ["0.27", "0.14"],
+  ["0.26", "0.13"],
+  ["0.25", "0.12"],
+  ["0.24", "0.12"],
+  ["0.19", "0.7"],
+]);
+
+export function determineHistoricalQiskitGithubUrl(
+  metapackageVersion: string,
+  fileName: string,
+): string {
+  const getOrThrow = (mapping: Map<string, string>): string => {
+    const result = mapping.get(metapackageVersion);
+    if (result === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `No compatible version found for the file ${fileName} with qiskit-metapackage ${metapackageVersion}}`,
+      );
+    }
+    return result;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Special case:
+   * The file `qiskit/optimization/converters/quadratic_program_to_negative_value_oracle` existed in qiskit-aqua
+   * patch 0.7.3, but was removed in patch 0.7.4. Thus, the branch stable/0.7 doesn't contain the file, and
+   * we can only access it through the tag 0.7.3
+   */
+  if (
+    metapackageVersion == "0.19" &&
+    fileName ==
+      "qiskit/optimization/converters/quadratic_program_to_negative_value_oracle"
+  ) {
+    return `https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-aqua/tree/0.7.3/${fileName}.py`;
+  }
+
+  let slug: string;
+  let version: string;
+  if (
+    fileName.includes("qiskit_aer") ||
+    fileName.includes("qiskit/aer") ||
+    fileName.includes("qiskit/providers/aer")
+  ) {
+    slug = "qiskit/qiskit-aer";
+    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AER);
+  } else if (fileName.includes("qiskit/ignis")) {
+    slug = "qiskit-community/qiskit-ignis";
+    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IGNIS);
+  } else if (
+    fileName.includes("qiskit/aqua") ||
+    fileName.includes("qiskit/chemistry") ||
+    fileName.includes("qiskit/finance") ||
+    fileName.includes("qiskit/ml") ||
+    fileName.includes("qiskit/optimization")
+  ) {
+    slug = "qiskit-community/qiskit-aqua";
+    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_AQUA);
+  } else if (fileName.includes("qiskit/providers/ibmq")) {
+    slug = "qiskit/qiskit-ibmq-provider";
+    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_IBMQ_PROVIDER);
+  } else {
+    slug = "qiskit/qiskit";
+    version = getOrThrow(QISKIT_METAPACKAGE_TO_TERRA);
+  }
+
+  return `https://github.com/${slug}/tree/stable/${version}/${fileName}.py`;
+}