diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
index fc2c46e74..ce68764e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Adapted from @chalin's work on opentelemetry.io
-# https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/blob/main/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
+# Adapted from @chalin's work on https://github.com/chalin/docsy-starter
 
 name: Links
 
 on:
   merge_group:
   pull_request:
+  push: { branches: [main] }
 
 jobs:
   build-and-check-links:
@@ -17,16 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create NPM cache-hash input file
         run: |
           mkdir -p tmp
-          jq '{devDependencies, dependencies, engines, gitHubActionCacheKey}' package.json > tmp/package-ci.json
-
-      - name: Create and use reduced-dependencies package.json
-        run: |
-          jq '.devDependencies |= with_entries(
-                  select(.key | test("prefix|hugo|css"))
-                )
-                | del(.dependencies, .optionalDependencies)' \
-            package.json > tmp/package-min.json
-          cp tmp/package-min.json package.json
+          jq '{devDependencies, engines, gitHubActionCacheKey}' package.json > tmp/package-ci.json
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -34,43 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: npm
           cache-dependency-path: tmp/package-ci.json
 
-      - run: |
-          npm install --omit=optional
-          npm run log:check:links
-        continue-on-error: true
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: build-log-etc
-          path: |
-            tmp/build-log.txt
-            tmp/package*.json
-            static/refcache.json
+      - run: npm install --omit=optional
 
-  check-refcache:
-    name: REFCACHE updates?
-    needs: build-and-check-links
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with: { name: build-log-etc }
-      - name: Fail when refcache contains entries with HTTP status 4XX
-        run: |
-          if grep -B 1 -e '"StatusCode": 4' static/refcache.json; then
-            echo "Run 'npx gulp prune' to remove 4xx entries from the refcache"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-      - name: Does the refcache need updating?
-        run: npm run diff:fail
-
-  check-build-log-for-issues:
-    name: WARNINGS in build log?
-    needs: build-and-check-links
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with: { name: build-log-etc }
-      - run: |
-          cat tmp/build-log.txt
-          scripts/check-build-log.sh
+      - run: npm run check:links
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96b9e5430..7c64ddc8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ HTMLTEST_DIR=tmp
 HTMLTEST?=htmltest # Specify as make arg if different
 HTMLTEST_ARGS?=--skip-external
 
+DOCS=public/docs
+LATEST_VERSION=$(shell grep -e '^docs' config.toml | grep -oe '[0-9][0-9]*.[0-9]' | head -1)
+
 # Use $(HTMLTEST) in PATH, if available; otherwise, we'll get a copy
 ifeq (, $(shell which $(HTMLTEST)))
 override HTMLTEST=$(HTMLTEST_DIR)/bin/htmltest
@@ -10,13 +13,22 @@ GET_LINK_CHECKER_IF_NEEDED=get-link-checker
 endif
 endif
 
-check-links: $(GET_LINK_CHECKER_IF_NEEDED)
+check-links: $(GET_LINK_CHECKER_IF_NEEDED) make-redirects-for-checking
 	$(HTMLTEST) $(HTMLTEST_ARGS)
+	find public/* -type l -ls -exec rm -f {} \;
 
-clean:
-	rm -rf $(HTMLTEST_DIR) public/* resources
+make-redirects-for-checking:
+	@if [ -z $(LATEST_VERSION) ]; then \
+		echo "Failed to extract LATEST_VERSION. Cannot setup symlinks for checking"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@echo "Creating symlinks of 'latest' to $(LATEST_VERSION) for the purpose of link checking"
+	(cd public && rm -f scalers && ln -s docs/$(LATEST_VERSION)/scalers scalers)
+	(cd public/docs && rm -f latest && ln -s $(LATEST_VERSION) latest)
 
 get-link-checker:
 	rm -Rf $(HTMLTEST_DIR)/bin
 	curl https://htmltest.wjdp.uk | bash -s -- -b $(HTMLTEST_DIR)/bin
 
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(HTMLTEST_DIR) public/* resources
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 546401424..046234005 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@
 {
   "scripts": {
     "_build": "hugo --cleanDestinationDir -e dev -DFE",
-    "_check-links": "make check-links",
-    "_check-links--warn": "npm run _check-links || (echo; echo 'WARNING: see link-checker output for issues.'; echo)",
-    "_diff:check": "git diff --name-only --exit-code",
+    "__check:links": "make --keep-going check-links",
+    "_check:links": "HTMLTEST_ARGS='--log-level 1 --skip-external' npm run __check:links",
+    "_check:links--warn": "npm run _check:links || (echo; echo 'WARNING: see link-checker output for issues.'; echo)",
     "_serve:hugo": "hugo serve -DFE --minify",
     "_serve": "netlify dev -c \"npm run _serve:hugo\" --framework hugo",
     "build:preview": "set -x && npm run _build -- --minify --baseURL \"${DEPLOY_PRIME_URL:-/}\"",
     "build:production": "hugo --cleanDestinationDir --minify",
     "build": "npm run _build",
-    "check-links:all": "HTMLTEST_ARGS= npm run _check-links",
-    "check-links": "npm run _check-links",
+    "check:links:all": "HTMLTEST_ARGS= npm run _check:links",
+    "check:links": "npm run _check:links",
     "clean": "make clean",
-    "diff:check": "npm run _diff:check || (echo; echo 'WARNING: the files above have not been committed'; echo)",
-    "diff:fail": "npm run _diff:check || (echo; echo 'ERROR: the files above have changed. Locally rerun `npm run test-and-fix` and commit changes'; echo; exit 1)",
-    "log:check:links": "npm run _check-links--warn | tee tmp/build-log.txt",
-    "postbuild:preview": "npm run _check-links--warn",
-    "postbuild:production": "npm run _check-links--warn",
-    "precheck-links:all": "npm run build",
-    "precheck-links": "npm run build",
+    "postbuild:preview": "npm run _check:links--warn",
+    "postbuild:production": "npm run _check:links--warn",
+    "precheck:links:all": "npm run build",
+    "precheck:links": "npm run build",
     "serve:hugo": "npm run _serve:hugo",
     "serve": "npm run _serve",
-    "test": "npm run check-links"
+    "test": "npm run check:links"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bulma": "^0.8.2",
diff --git a/scripts/check-build-log.sh b/scripts/check-build-log.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3dcb18ae3..000000000
--- a/scripts/check-build-log.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# NOTE: add warning skip patterns, one per line to WARNINGS_SKIP_LIST to
-# temporarily skip known warnings or errors.
-#
-# Adapted from @chalin & @cartermp's work in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/blob/main/scripts/check-build-log.sh
-
-BUILD_LOG=tmp/build-log.txt
-WARNINGS_SKIP_LIST=.warnings-skip-list.txt
-
-WARNINGS=`grep -E -ie 'warn(ing)?|error' $BUILD_LOG | grep -v -f $WARNINGS_SKIP_LIST`
-
-if [ -e $BUILD_LOG ]; then
-  if [ -n "$WARNINGS" ]; then
-    echo "WARNINGs or ERRORs found in build log:"
-    echo "$WARNINGS"
-    echo
-    echo "INFO: if this is run in the context of a GitHub job, you can see"
-    echo "      the full build log output from the previous step."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-else
-  echo "INFO: $BUILD_LOG file not found."
-fi