diff --git a/tools/test-documentation b/tools/test-documentation
index 7653e1e386..3d361bcf1e 100755
--- a/tools/test-documentation
+++ b/tools/test-documentation
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ case $1 in
     -L|--loglevel)
         loglevel="$1 $2"
         ;;
+    --skip-check-links)
+        skip_check_links=1
+        ;;
 esac
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../docs
@@ -26,6 +29,11 @@ rm -rf _build
 # The crawler would take a very long time to finish and TravisCI would fail as a result.
 sphinx-build -j8 -b html -d _build/doctrees -D html_theme_options.collapse_navigation=True . _build/html
 
+if [ -n "$skip_check_links" ]; then
+    color_message 94 "Skipped testing links in documentation."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 color_message 94 "Testing links in documentation..."
 
 cd ../tools/documentation_crawler
diff --git a/tools/travis/backend b/tools/travis/backend
index 4fb4fac274..d19d2b60f3 100755
--- a/tools/travis/backend
+++ b/tools/travis/backend
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -x
 
 ./tools/test-migrations
 ./tools/optimize-svg
-./tools/test-documentation
+./tools/test-documentation ${CIRCLECI:+--skip-check-links}
 ./tools/test-help-documentation
 ./tools/test-api
 ./tools/test-locked-requirements