diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7a4975028..1937df606 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ deps =
 commands =
 
 [testenv:linkcheck]
-
 allowlist_externals = sh
 basepython = {[docs]basepython}
 envdir = {[docs]envdir}
@@ -338,17 +337,12 @@ deps = {[docs]deps}
 commands =
     {[docs]commands}
     sh -c 'cd {toxinidir}/doc/source && sphinx-build -W -b linkcheck . ../build/linkcheck'
-# Do not install any requirements. We want this to be fast and work even if
-# system dependencies are missing, since it's used to tell you what system
-# dependencies are missing! This also means that bindep must be installed
-# separately, outside of the requirements files.
-usedevelop = false
+usedevelop = true
 skipsdist = true
 skip_install = true
 
 
 [testenv:docs]
-
 allowlist_externals = sh
 basepython = {[docs]basepython}
 envdir = {[docs]envdir}
@@ -357,13 +351,9 @@ changedir = doc/source
 commands =
     {[testenv:linkcheck]commands}
     sphinx-build -W -b html . ../build/html
-# Do not install any requirements. We want this to be fast and work even if
-# system dependencies are missing, since it's used to tell you what system
-# dependencies are missing! This also means that bindep must be installed
-# separately, outside of the requirements files.
-usedevelop = false
+usedevelop = true
 skipsdist = true
-skip_install = false
+skip_install = true
 
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]