diff --git a/src/site/constants/brokenLinkIgnorePatterns.js b/src/site/constants/brokenLinkIgnorePatterns.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 756386cf65..0000000000
--- a/src/site/constants/brokenLinkIgnorePatterns.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  This is a set of patterns which the broken link checker should ignore when making a check.
-
-  Given a page dog.html that contains the following three links:
-    - /animals/cat.html
-    - /animals/horse.html
-    - /animals/capybara.html
-
-  If an item in IGNORE_PATTERNS contains 'capybara', it will ignore the third link.
-  If an item in IGNORE_PATTERNS contains 'animals', it will ignore ALL the links.
-
-  Note that it's the target URL that checks the ignore pattern. If you included
-  'dog' in the IGNORE_PATTERNS in the example above, it would still test dog.html
-  for broken links it contains, but block testing dog.html as a destination.
-
-  Be very careful of unintended consequences when adding these patterns. Be
-  sure you are targeting what you want to ignore precisely.
-
-  */
-const IGNORE_PATTERNS = [
-  /\/events($|\/)?/, // This ignores all links to Event and Event Listing pages.
-];
-
-module.exports = {
-  IGNORE_PATTERNS,
-};
diff --git a/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/CountEntityTypes.graphql.js b/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/CountEntityTypes.graphql.js
index 2848cc0a1f..d3807596ba 100644
--- a/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/CountEntityTypes.graphql.js
+++ b/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/CountEntityTypes.graphql.js
@@ -91,6 +91,26 @@ const CountEntityTypes = `
     count
   }
 
+  eventListing: nodeQuery(
+    filter: {
+      conditions: [
+        {field: "status", value: ["1"]},
+        {field: "type", value: ["event_listing"]}
+      ]}
+  	) {
+    count
+  }
+
+  event: nodeQuery(
+    filter: {
+      conditions: [
+        {field: "status", value: ["1"]},
+        {field: "type", value: ["event"]}
+      ]}
+  	) {
+    count
+  }
+
   healthCareRegionDetailPage: nodeQuery(
     filter: {
       conditions: [
diff --git a/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/GetAllPages.graphql.js b/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/GetAllPages.graphql.js
index 4945843eeb..db16a71a82 100644
--- a/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/GetAllPages.graphql.js
+++ b/src/site/stages/build/drupal/graphql/GetAllPages.graphql.js
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ const buildQuery = () => {
         ... nodeOffice
         ... bioPage
         ... benefitListingPage
-
+        ... nodeEventListing
+        ... nodeEvent
         ... storyListingPage
         ... leadershipListingPage
         ... pressReleasesListingPage
diff --git a/src/site/stages/build/drupal/individual-queries.js b/src/site/stages/build/drupal/individual-queries.js
index e8084f0929..3006c15b28 100644
--- a/src/site/stages/build/drupal/individual-queries.js
+++ b/src/site/stages/build/drupal/individual-queries.js
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ const {
   GetNodePressReleaseListingPages,
 } = require('./graphql/pressReleasesListingPage.graphql');
 
+const {
+  getNodeEventListingQueries,
+} = require('./graphql/nodeEventListing.graphql');
+
+const { getNodeEventQueries } = require('./graphql/nodeEvent.graphql');
+
 const {
   GetNodeStoryListingPages,
 } = require('./graphql/storyListingPage.graphql');
@@ -112,6 +118,8 @@ function getNodeQueries(entityCounts) {
     ...getNewsStoryQueries(entityCounts),
     ...getPressReleaseQueries(entityCounts),
     GetNodePressReleaseListingPages,
+    ...getNodeEventListingQueries(entityCounts),
+    ...getNodeEventQueries(entityCounts),
     ...getVaPoliceQueries(entityCounts),
     GetNodeStoryListingPages,
     GetNodeLocationsListingPages,
diff --git a/src/site/stages/build/plugins/modify-dom/check-broken-links/helpers/isBrokenLink.js b/src/site/stages/build/plugins/modify-dom/check-broken-links/helpers/isBrokenLink.js
index 753c309841..b88204e4e3 100644
--- a/src/site/stages/build/plugins/modify-dom/check-broken-links/helpers/isBrokenLink.js
+++ b/src/site/stages/build/plugins/modify-dom/check-broken-links/helpers/isBrokenLink.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const url = require('url');
-const {
-  IGNORE_PATTERNS,
-} = require('../../../../../../constants/brokenLinkIgnorePatterns');
 
 /**
  * Validates an HREF/SRC value
@@ -27,13 +24,6 @@ function isBrokenLink(link, pagePath, allPaths) {
 
   let filePath = decodeURIComponent(parsed.pathname);
 
-  // Check for link destinations we are not testing.
-  for (let i = 0; i < IGNORE_PATTERNS.length; i += 1) {
-    if (filePath.match(IGNORE_PATTERNS[i])) {
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
   if (path.isAbsolute(filePath)) {
     filePath = path.join('.', filePath);
   } else {
@@ -43,6 +33,7 @@ function isBrokenLink(link, pagePath, allPaths) {
   if (!path.extname(filePath)) {
     filePath = path.join(filePath, 'index.html');
   }
+
   return !allPaths.has(filePath);
 }