diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
index aebf9de9e32d..f4a5d1d2a2cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ jobs:
               # proposals live only on GH as pure markdown
               - '!docs/proposals/**'
               # docs scripts & tools from `make docs`
-              - hack/check-mkdocs.sh
               - hack/check-env-doc.sh
               - .markdownlint.yaml
               - .mlc_config.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28137ea4f844..781f42f9485b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -726,10 +726,8 @@ docs: /usr/local/bin/mkdocs \
 	# docs-linkcheck
 	# check environment-variables.md contains all variables mentioned in the code
 	./hack/check-env-doc.sh
-	# check all docs are listed in mkdocs.yml
-	./hack/check-mkdocs.sh
 	# build the docs
-	mkdocs build
+	mkdocs build --strict
 	# tell the user the fastest way to edit docs
 	@echo "ℹ️ If you want to preview your docs, open site/index.html. If you want to edit them with hot-reload, run 'make docs-serve' to start mkdocs on port 8000"
 
diff --git a/hack/check-mkdocs.sh b/hack/check-mkdocs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4261fa0fb2e1..000000000000
--- a/hack/check-mkdocs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-set -eu
-
-echo "Checking all docs are listed in mkdocs.yml..."ß
-
-# https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/#validation since 1.5.0
-mkdocs build --strict
-
-echo "✅ Success - all docs appear to be listed in mkdocs.yml"