diff --git a/build/main.sh b/build/main.sh
index ffd23d62..41c04bdd 100755
--- a/build/main.sh
+++ b/build/main.sh
@@ -43,12 +43,3 @@ else
     echo "JSON build and deploy success!"
   fi
 fi
-
-echo "running link validation..."
-./validate_links.py $LINK_FILE
-if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-  echo "link validation failed!"
-  exit 1
-else
-  echo "link validation passed!"
-fi