diff --git a/doc/en/capture.rst b/doc/en/capture.rst
index 3982c6116..45892a98e 100644
--- a/doc/en/capture.rst
+++ b/doc/en/capture.rst
@@ -168,5 +168,3 @@ as a context manager, disabling capture inside the ``with`` block:
         with capsys.disabled():
             print("output not captured, going directly to sys.stdout")
         print("this output is also captured")
-
-.. include:: links.inc
diff --git a/doc/en/conf.py b/doc/en/conf.py
index 71f63712e..3da401f89 100644
--- a/doc/en/conf.py
+++ b/doc/en/conf.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ copyright = "2015–2020, holger krekel and pytest-dev team"
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 exclude_patterns = [
-    "links.inc",
     "_build",
     "naming20.rst",
     "test/*",
diff --git a/doc/en/existingtestsuite.rst b/doc/en/existingtestsuite.rst
index cda38918c..1e3e192bf 100644
--- a/doc/en/existingtestsuite.rst
+++ b/doc/en/existingtestsuite.rst
@@ -32,5 +32,3 @@ reinstall every time you want to run your tests, and is less brittle than
 mucking about with sys.path to point your tests at local code.
 
 Also consider using :ref:`tox <use tox>`.
-
-.. include:: links.inc
diff --git a/doc/en/faq.rst b/doc/en/faq.rst
index 5b13818ea..42a2a847b 100644
--- a/doc/en/faq.rst
+++ b/doc/en/faq.rst
@@ -153,4 +153,6 @@ As of mid-2013, there shouldn't be a problem anymore when you
 use the standard setuptools (note that distribute has been merged
 back into setuptools which is now shipped directly with virtualenv).
 
-.. include:: links.inc
+.. _nose: https://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _pylib: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _`xUnit style setup`: xunit_setup.html
diff --git a/doc/en/getting-started.rst b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
index 83b4677e9..a1bdf16fe 100644
--- a/doc/en/getting-started.rst
+++ b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
@@ -203,5 +203,3 @@ Check out additional pytest resources to help you customize tests for your uniqu
 * ":ref:`fixtures`" for providing a functional baseline to your tests
 * ":ref:`plugins`" for managing and writing plugins
 * ":ref:`goodpractices`" for virtualenv and test layouts
-
-.. include:: links.inc
diff --git a/doc/en/goodpractices.rst b/doc/en/goodpractices.rst
index 4da9d1bca..16b41eda4 100644
--- a/doc/en/goodpractices.rst
+++ b/doc/en/goodpractices.rst
@@ -232,5 +232,4 @@ options.  It will run tests against the installed package and not
 against your source code checkout, helping to detect packaging
 glitches.
 
-
-.. include:: links.inc
+.. _`venv`: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
diff --git a/doc/en/links.inc b/doc/en/links.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5e8d88c..000000000
--- a/doc/en/links.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-
-.. _`skipping plugin`: plugin/skipping.html
-.. _`funcargs mechanism`: funcargs.html
-.. _`doctest.py`: http://docs.python.org/library/doctest.html
-.. _`xUnit style setup`: xunit_setup.html
-.. _`pytest_nose`: plugin/nose.html
-.. _`reStructured Text`: http://docutils.sourceforge.net
-.. _`Python debugger`: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-pdb.html
-.. _nose: https://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
-.. _pytest: https://pypi.org/project/pytest/
-.. _mercurial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/
-.. _`setuptools`: https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/
-.. _`easy_install`:
-.. _`distribute docs`:
-.. _`distribute`: https://pypi.org/project/distribute/
-.. _`pip`: https://pypi.org/project/pip/
-.. _`venv`: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
-.. _`virtualenv`: https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv/
-.. _hudson: http://hudson-ci.org/
-.. _jenkins: http://jenkins-ci.org/
-.. _tox: http://testrun.org/tox
-.. _pylib: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
diff --git a/doc/en/nose.rst b/doc/en/nose.rst
index bf416132c..2939d91e5 100644
--- a/doc/en/nose.rst
+++ b/doc/en/nose.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 Running tests written for nose
 =======================================
 
-.. include:: links.inc
-
 ``pytest`` has basic support for running tests written for nose_.
 
 .. _nosestyle:
@@ -72,3 +70,5 @@ Unsupported idioms / known issues
   There are no plans to fix this currently because ``yield``-tests
   are deprecated in pytest 3.0, with ``pytest.mark.parametrize``
   being the recommended alternative.
+
+.. _nose: https://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
diff --git a/doc/en/usage.rst b/doc/en/usage.rst
index 961e813cf..42b2384a2 100644
--- a/doc/en/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/en/usage.rst
@@ -831,5 +831,4 @@ hook was invoked:
     multiple calls to ``pytest.main()`` from the same process (in order to re-run
     tests, for example) is not recommended.
 
-
-.. include:: links.inc
+.. _jenkins: http://jenkins-ci.org/