diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 87d1ae4b4cea10ba0a0ea7eebb4a2323768cd7e8..df5cb53d9dd9ab0c6cda635d3fd318505cd3957b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ build.live:
 test:
   stage: test_stage
   script:
-    - singularity run 'docker://18fgsa/html-proofer:gitlab-ci' htmlproofer ./public --empty_alt_ignore --url-ignore "https://twitter.com/strand_lab,http://strandlab.dev.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/*"
+    - singularity run 'docker://18fgsa/html-proofer:gitlab-ci' htmlproofer ./public --empty_alt_ignore --diable_external true
 
 deploy.dev:
   stage: deploy_stage