diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b3308a27e2f5ce7f353401da7881a3a54f4590ed..3f4991b3077db2215bb985141fa70cdb5378f2a7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -106,13 +106,9 @@ build:pages:
 
 check:links:
    stage: check
-   image: docker:19.03.12
-   variables:
-     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
-     DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
-   services:
-     - name: docker:19.03.12-dind
-       command: ["--mtu=1458"]
+   image:
+     name: $CI_REGISTRY/r3/apps/tailorbird/linkchecker
+     entrypoint: [""]
    rules:
      - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
      - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ check:links:
      - cp .ci/jsonWhitelist.txt build/.
      - cp -r build checkFolder
    script:
-     - docker run -v "$(pwd)"/build:/checkFolder -t $CI_REGISTRY/r3/apps/tailorbird/linkchecker
+     - python link_check.py
 
 # generate
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------