diff --git a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/Contractions.yml b/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/Contractions.yml
index c4804154e1f371..295c2040a1578f 100644
--- a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/Contractions.yml
+++ b/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/Contractions.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # For a list of all options, see https://vale.sh/docs/topics/styles/
 
 extends: substitution
-message: "Do not use contractions. Use '%s' instead of '%s'. Only change the contractions, nothing else."
+message: "Do not use contractions. Only change the contractions, nothing else."
 link: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/contractions/
 level: error
 ignorecase: true
diff --git a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/NonStandardQuotes.yml b/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/NonStandardQuotes.yml
index f8123afb003863..9d16c2bc00d56b 100644
--- a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/NonStandardQuotes.yml
+++ b/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/NonStandardQuotes.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # For a list of all options, see https://vale.sh/docs/topics/styles/
 extends: existence
-message: "Use standard single quotes or double quotes only. Do not use left or right quotes. Only update the quotes and nothing else. Double quotes are fine, so long as they aren't directional."
+message: Use standard single quotes ('''') or double quotes only (""). Do not use left or right quotes. Only update the quotes and nothing else. Backticks (`) are acceptable and do not need to be updated.'
 level: warning
 ignorecase: true
 link: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/quotation-marks/
diff --git a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/UnclearAntecedent.yml b/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/UnclearAntecedent.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bc15c343945834..00000000000000
--- a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/cloudflare/UnclearAntecedent.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
----
-name: gitlab_base.UnclearAntecedent
-description: |
-  Checks for words that need a noun for clarity.
-extends: existence
-message: "Instead of '%s', try starting this sentence with a specific subject and verb. Only update this part of the sentence and nothing else."
-link: https://docs.gitlab.com/development/documentation/styleguide/word_list/#this-these-that-those
-vocab: false
-level: warning
-ignorecase: false
-tokens:
-  - "That is"
-  - "That was"
-  - "There are"
-  - "There were"
-  - "These are"
-  - "These were"
-  - "This is"
-  - "This was"
-  - "Those are"
-  - "Those were"
diff --git a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/plain-text-style-checks/casing.md b/.hyperlint/automations/styles/plain-text-style-checks/casing.md
index bc09f8a31c346c..eb70fd8609ac7f 100644
--- a/.hyperlint/automations/styles/plain-text-style-checks/casing.md
+++ b/.hyperlint/automations/styles/plain-text-style-checks/casing.md
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ UNIX
 URI
 URL
 WebRTC
-WebSocket
+WebSocket[s]
 Wi-Fi
 WordPress
-Wrangler
+[Ww]rangler
 VMware
 VPN
 YubiKey
diff --git a/.hyperlint/config.yaml b/.hyperlint/config.yaml
index 257e2b1e3a6058..9ade8b7ec0b139 100644
--- a/.hyperlint/config.yaml
+++ b/.hyperlint/config.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ reviewer:
     We review internal PRs within **1 week**. If it's something urgent or has been sitting without a comment, start a thread in the *Developer Docs* space internally.
   enabled: true
   external_link_validation:
-    enabled: true
+    enabled: false
     check_status_upon_review_failure: neutral
   summarize_pull_request:
     enabled: true