diff --git a/astro.config.ts b/astro.config.ts
index ad4a04eecf5e1..d97f6cc95cbe5 100644
--- a/astro.config.ts
+++ b/astro.config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import { remarkFallbackLang } from './config/plugins/remark-fallback-lang';
 const NETLIFY_PREVIEW_SITE = process.env.CONTEXT !== 'production' && process.env.DEPLOY_PRIME_URL;
 
 const site = NETLIFY_PREVIEW_SITE || 'https://docs.astro.build/';
+const starlightPlugins = [
+	starlightPluginSmokeTest(),
+	...(process.env.SKIP_LLMS ? [] : [starlightPluginLlmsTxt()]),
+];
 
 // https://astro.build/config
 export default defineConfig({
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 				},
 			],
 			disable404Route: true,
-			plugins: [starlightPluginSmokeTest(), starlightPluginLlmsTxt()],
+			plugins: starlightPlugins,
 		}),
 		sitemap(),
 	],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52668720071c6..395829485638e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "dev": "astro dev",
     "start": "astro dev",
     "build": "astro build",
+    "build:linkcheck": "SKIP_OG=true SKIP_LLMS=true pnpm build && node ./scripts/write-linkcheck-llms-stubs.mjs",
     "preview": "astro preview",
     "check": "astro check",
     "format": "pnpm run format:code",
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
     "format:imports": "echo 'Skipped formatting imports'",
     "docgen": "node ./scripts/docgen.mjs",
     "docgen:errors": "node ./scripts/error-docgen.mjs",
-    "lint:linkcheck": "SKIP_OG=true pnpm build && node --experimental-transform-types ./scripts/lint-linkcheck.ts",
+    "lint:linkcheck": "pnpm build:linkcheck && node --experimental-transform-types ./scripts/lint-linkcheck.ts",
     "lint:linkcheck:nobuild": "node --experimental-transform-types ./scripts/lint-linkcheck.ts",
     "lint:slugcheck": "node ./scripts/lint-slugcheck.mjs",
     "lint:eslint": "eslint .",
diff --git a/scripts/write-linkcheck-llms-stubs.mjs b/scripts/write-linkcheck-llms-stubs.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..854e02e01cbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/write-linkcheck-llms-stubs.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+
+const distDir = new URL('../dist/', import.meta.url);
+const llmsFiles = [
+	['llms.txt', '# Linkcheck-only stub\n'],
+	['llms-full.txt', '# Linkcheck-only stub\n'],
+	['llms-small.txt', '# Linkcheck-only stub\n'],
+];
+
+await mkdir(distDir, { recursive: true });
+
+await Promise.all(
+	llmsFiles.map(([name, contents]) => writeFile(new URL(name, distDir), contents, 'utf8'))
+);