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 = asciidoc-link-check
 Checks if all hyperlinks in an asciidoc file are alive(or dead).
 
-(Uses most of the source code from xref:https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check[markdown-link-check] module)
+(Uses most of the source code from https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check[markdown-link-check] module)
 
 == Installation
 To add the module to your project, run: