diff --git a/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json b/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json
index 3da429313b..5c6685b8c6 100644
--- a/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json
+++ b/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
         ],
         "parallel": false
       },
+      "inputs": [
+        "production",
+        "^production",
+        "{workspaceRoot}/scripts/tsconfig.scripts.json",
+        "{workspaceRoot}/scripts/documentation/internal-link-checker.ts"
+      ],
       "outputs": ["{workspaceRoot}/dist/nx-dev/nx-dev"]
     },
     "sitemap": {
diff --git a/scripts/documentation/internal-link-checker.ts b/scripts/documentation/internal-link-checker.ts
index 3571a6713c..9e2dc6fd19 100644
--- a/scripts/documentation/internal-link-checker.ts
+++ b/scripts/documentation/internal-link-checker.ts
@@ -83,38 +83,6 @@ function readSiteMapLinks(filePath: string): string[] {
   return sitemap.urlset.url.map((obj) => obj.loc);
 }
 
-/**
- * This function checks if a link is for a private package.
- * When link is for a private package, it is not included in the sitemap.
- * However, some shared docs might be written for this private package during development.
- * @param link e.g. /nx-api/vite/generators/configuration
- * @returns true if the link is for a private package or NODE_ENV is not development, false otherwise.
- */
-function checkLinkIsForPrivatePackage(link: string) {
-  // skip this check in dev mode
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const pathSegments = link.split('/').filter(Boolean);
-  if (pathSegments[0] === 'nx-api') {
-    // TODO(v17): Remove this once vue is public or once this logic is fixed
-    if (pathSegments[1] === 'vue') {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    const packageJsonPath = join(
-      workspaceRoot,
-      'packages',
-      pathSegments[1],
-      'package.json'
-    );
-    if (existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
-      return readJSONSync(packageJsonPath).private ?? false;
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
 // Main
 const documentLinks = extractAllLinks(join(workspaceRoot, 'docs'));
 const sitemapLinks = readSiteMapIndex(
@@ -124,11 +92,7 @@ const sitemapLinks = readSiteMapIndex(
 const errors: Array<{ file: string; link: string }> = [];
 for (let file in documentLinks) {
   for (let link of documentLinks[file]) {
-    // TODO(@isaacplmann): This ignores errors which are links TO private packages. It allows links FROM public packages (public docs) TO private packages (404 links)
-    if (
-      !sitemapLinks.includes(['https://nx.dev', link].join('')) &&
-      !checkLinkIsForPrivatePackage(link)
-    ) {
+    if (!sitemapLinks.includes(['https://nx.dev', link].join(''))) {
       errors.push({ file, link });
     }
   }