diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
index acae38197..fe9a216ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
 
-      - name: Create NPM cache-hash input file
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p tmp
-          jq '{devDependencies, engines, gitHubActionCacheKey}' package.json > tmp/package-ci.json
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4
         with:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
           cache: npm
-          cache-dependency-path: tmp/package-ci.json
 
       - run: npm install --omit=optional