diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ec6338fa0a02..e8166f3330e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -30,12 +30,3 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python3 build.py
           find build -type f
-
-      - name: Check faulty external links
-        run: |
-          cd scripts/link_checker
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-          echo "Generating links from build"
-          ./generate_links_from_build.sh ../../build/HPC/Gent > links.txt
-          echo "Checking links"
-          python check_links.py --whitelist whitelist.txt links.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef5638c3e21e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Links
+
+on:
+  repository_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "00 6 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  linkChecker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write # required for peter-evans/create-issue-from-file
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Link Checker
+        id: lychee
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
+        with:
+          fail: false
+
+      - name: Create Issue From File
+        if: steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code != 0
+        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v5
+        with:
+          title: Link Checker Report
+          content-filepath: ./lychee/out.md
+          labels: report, automated issue