diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 936d1c81..0ddf5b46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
       - 'v*'
   pull_request:
 
+env:
+  PY_COLORS: 1
+  FORCE_COLOR: True
+
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -75,9 +79,15 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -e .[doc]
-    - name: Build documentation
+
+    - name: Check for broken links
+      run: >
+        sphinx-build -b linkcheck docs docs/_build/linkcheck
+
+    - name: Build documentation to audit
       run: >
         sphinx-build -b html docs docs/_build/html -w warnings.txt
+
     - name: Check that there are no unexpected warnings
       shell: python
       run: |
@@ -87,34 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         unexpected = [ii for ii in text.split("\n") if "kitchen-sink" not in ii]
         assert len(unexpected) == 0
 
-    # Ref: https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee-action
-    # Excluded files:
-    # - nature.com: DOI redirect works but errors anyway
-    # - doi.org: DOI redirect works but errors anyway
-    # - yahoo.com: Kitchen sink redirect we don't control
-    # - someurl: dummy url
-    # - mailto: fails test but works for people
-    # - pathto(: because the pydata theme packages invalid HTML w/ this in it
-    # - mybinder.org: because Binder sometimes incorrectly doesn't respond
-    # - github.com/search: because GitHub search results return a network error
-    - name: Check for broken links
-      id: lychee
-      uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.4.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-      with:
-        fail: true
-        args: >
-          './docs/_build/html/**/*.html'
-          --exclude 'nature.com'
-          --exclude 'doi.org'
-          --exclude 'yahoo.com'
-          --exclude 'someurl'
-          --exclude 'mailto:docutils-develop'
-          --exclude 'pathto\('
-          --exclude 'mybinder.org'
-          --exclude 'github.com/search'
-
     - name: Audit with Lighthouse
       uses: treosh/lighthouse-ci-action@9.3.0
       with:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5b6db00a..4e959e01 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@
 bibtex_reference_style = "author_year"
 bibtex_default_style = "plain"
 
+linkcheck_ignore = [
+    "http://someurl/release",  # This is a fake link
+    "https://doi.org",  # These don't resolve properly and cause SSL issues
+]
+
 # -- Download kitchen sink reference docs -------------------------------------
 # These are the kitchen sink files used by the Sphinx Themes gallery at
 # https://github.com/sphinx-themes/sphinx-themes.org