diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index acb878a618579213f70e41973c72cc9bfda30d4e..281669613876c4e6231683a4186909e69afcd950 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ["_static"]
+#html_static_path = ["_static"]
 
 # Global file metadata
 html_context = {
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ linkcheck_ignore = [
     r"https://groups\.cern\.ch/group/lhcb-rta-selections/default\.aspx",
     # really broken, see gaudi/Gaudi#156
     r"http://gaudi\.web\.cern\.ch/gaudi/doxygen/master/index\.html",
+    # linkcheck has trouble with this sort of Indico link with anchors! Any better solution than this?
+    r"https://indico.cern.ch/event/1160084/#"
 ]
 
 # THE CODE BELOW CAN BE USED TO GENERATE HTML VERSIONING OF THE DOCS