diff --git a/scripts/copyright.pl b/scripts/copyright.pl
index 50ff98ad8f..d0e886b64f 100755
--- a/scripts/copyright.pl
+++ b/scripts/copyright.pl
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ my @skiplist=(
     # an empty control file
     "^zuul.d/playbooks/.zuul.ignore",
 
+    # markdown linkchecker config
+    "mlc_config.json",
+
     );
 
 sub scanfile {