diff --git a/.github/config/markdown-link-check-config.json b/.github/config/markdown-link-check-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 049dd4681..000000000
--- a/.github/config/markdown-link-check-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "retryOn429": true,
-  "aliveStatusCodes": [
-    200,
-    403
-  ],
-  "ignorePatterns": [
-    {
-      "pattern": "^https://developer\\.mend\\.io/github/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib$"
-    },
-    {
-      "pattern": "^https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/pulls/app%2Frenovate"
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/markdown-link-check-with-retry.sh b/.github/scripts/markdown-link-check-with-retry.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a81e8df9..000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/markdown-link-check-with-retry.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-# this script helps to reduce sporadic link check failures by retrying at a file-by-file level
-
-retry_count=3
-
-for file in "$@"; do
-  for i in $(seq 1 $retry_count); do
-    if markdown-link-check --config "$(dirname "$0")/../config/markdown-link-check-config.json" \
-                           "$file"; then
-      break
-    elif [[ $i -eq $retry_count ]]; then
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    sleep 5
-  done
-done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-link-check.yml
index 4e7ad15c4..f69165fb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-link-check.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install markdown-link-check
-        # TODO(jack-berg): use latest when config file reading bug is fixed: https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check/issues/246
-        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check@3.10.3
-
-      - name: Run markdown-link-check
-        run: |
-          find . -type f \
-                 -name '*.md' \
-                 -not -path './CHANGELOG.md' \
-               | xargs .github/scripts/markdown-link-check-with-retry.sh
+      - uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
+        with:
+          # remove version after next release of lychee-action
+          lycheeVersion: latest
+          # excluding links to pull requests and issues is done for performance
+          args: >
+            --include-fragments
+            --exclude "^https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/(issue|pull)/\\d+$"
+            --max-retries 6
+            .
diff --git a/jfr-events/README.md b/jfr-events/README.md
index d0612afca..9a610dd7a 100644
--- a/jfr-events/README.md
+++ b/jfr-events/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # OpenTelemetry Java Flight Recorder (JFR) Events
 
-[![Javadocs][javadoc-image]][javadoc-url]
-
 Create JFR events that can be recorded and viewed in Java Mission Control (JMC).
 
 * Creates Open Telemetry Tracing/Span events for spans
@@ -20,9 +18,6 @@ Create JFR events that can be recorded and viewed in Java Mission Control (JMC).
 * Supports the Open Source version of JFR in Java 11.
   * Might support back port to OpenJDK 8, but not tested and classes are built with JDK 11 bytecode.
 
-[javadoc-image]: https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jfr-events.svg
-[javadoc-url]: https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jfr-events
-
 ## Component owners
 
 - [Staffan Friberg](https://github.com/sfriberg)
diff --git a/noop-api/README.md b/noop-api/README.md
index 8740822ec..065639623 100644
--- a/noop-api/README.md
+++ b/noop-api/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # OpenTelemetry Noop API
 
-[![Javadocs][javadoc-image]][javadoc-url]
-
 An implementation of `OpenTelemetry` that is completely no-op. Unlike `OpenTelemetry#noop()`, this
 implementation does not support in-process context propagation at all. This means that no objects
 are allocated nor {@link ThreadLocal}s used in an application using this implementation.
@@ -11,6 +9,3 @@ are allocated nor {@link ThreadLocal}s used in an application using this impleme
 - [Jack Berg](https://github.com/jack-berg), New Relic
 
 Learn more about component owners in [component_owners.yml](../.github/component_owners.yml).
-
-[javadoc-image]: https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-extension-noop-api.svg
-[javadoc-url]: https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-extension-noop-api