diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
index 04b175a3ca..d1ff15c1f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,12 @@ jobs:
       # Check out the latest version of the code
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      # Remove folders that we do not want to check.
+      # This is due to the markdown-link-check action
+      # not having an exclude parameter, see
+      # https://github.com/gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check/issues/38
+      - name: Remove folders that we do not want to check
+        run: rm -rf .changelog
+
       # Checks the status of hyperlinks in *.md files in docs/
       - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@1.0.15
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