diff --git a/build-bin/configure_lint b/build-bin/configure_lint
index b7ad3b504b..a6ce8d1143 100755
--- a/build-bin/configure_lint
+++ b/build-bin/configure_lint
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh -ue
 
 # Attempt to install markdown-link-check if absent
-markdown-link-check -V || npm install -g markdown-link-check
+# Pinned until https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check/issues/369
+markdown-link-check -V || npm install -g markdown-link-check@3.12.2
 
 # Attempt to install yamllint if absent
 yamllint -v || pip install --user yamllint
diff --git a/build-bin/lint b/build-bin/lint
index 0e3276c3e6..f1da6b72a6 100755
--- a/build-bin/lint
+++ b/build-bin/lint
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh -ue
 
 yamllint --format github .github/workflows/*.yml
-# || true to work around https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check/issues/377
-find . -name \*.md |grep -v node|xargs markdown-link-check -c ./build-bin/mlc_config.json || true
+find . -name \*.md |grep -v node|xargs markdown-link-check -c ./build-bin/mlc_config.json