diff --git a/src/authoring/Elastic.Documentation.Refactor/Tracking/LocalChangesService.cs b/src/authoring/Elastic.Documentation.Refactor/Tracking/LocalChangesService.cs
index f8fce78db..79a1b4aae 100644
--- a/src/authoring/Elastic.Documentation.Refactor/Tracking/LocalChangesService.cs
+++ b/src/authoring/Elastic.Documentation.Refactor/Tracking/LocalChangesService.cs
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public Task<bool> ValidateRedirects(IDiagnosticsCollector collector, string? pat
 		var redirectFile = new RedirectFile(buildContext);
 		if (!redirectFile.Source.Exists)
 		{
-			collector.EmitError(redirectFile.Source, "File does not exist");
-			return Task.FromResult(false);
+			_logger.LogInformation("Redirect file {RedirectFile} does not exist, no redirects to validate.", redirectFile.Source);
+			return Task.FromResult(true);
 		}
 
 		var redirects = redirectFile.Redirects;