diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 320424d7fc..06ce95d4ff 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -306,3 +306,4 @@ lexers['php'] = PhpLexer(startinline=True)
 # Number of retries and timeout for linkcheck
 linkcheck_retries = 10
 linkcheck_timeout = 10
+linkcheck_anchors = False