diff --git a/tools/test-documentation b/tools/test-documentation
index a8e9c3fdd2..46dfbb2c05 100755
--- a/tools/test-documentation
+++ b/tools/test-documentation
@@ -41,27 +41,17 @@ if [ -n "$skip_check_links" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$skip_external_links" ]; then
-    color_message 94 "Testing only internal links in documentation..."
-    cd ../tools/documentation_crawler
-    set +e
-    scrapy crawl documentation_crawler -a skip_external=set "${loglevel[@]}"
-    # calling crawl directly as parameter needs to be passed
-    result=$?
-    if [ "$result" = 1 ]; then
-        color_message 91 "Failed!"
-        exit 1
-    else
-        color_message 92 "Passed!"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
-color_message 94 "Testing links in documentation..."
-
 cd ../tools/documentation_crawler
 set +e
-scrapy crawl_with_status documentation_crawler "${loglevel[@]}"
+if [ -n "$skip_external_links" ]; then
+    color_message 94 "Testing only internal links in documentation..."
+    scrapy crawl_with_status documentation_crawler -a skip_external=set "${loglevel[@]}"
+    # calling crawl directly as parameter needs to be passed
+else
+    color_message 94 "Testing links in documentation..."
+    scrapy crawl_with_status documentation_crawler "${loglevel[@]}"
+fi
+
 result=$?
 if [ "$result" = 1 ]; then
     color_message 91 "Failed!"