diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 18a569c2c..fe3f98d4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths: &paths
-      - docs/**
-      - setup.py
-      - .github/workflows/docs.yaml
 
   pull_request:
-    paths: *paths
 
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -25,3 +20,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       docs-directory: docs/
       pip-install-target: .[dev]
+      run-linkcheck: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}