diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0e6ecd73..68c1bb2cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ VENVDIR       = ./venv
 BUILDDIR      = _build
 SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = $(VENVDIR)/bin/sphinx-build
+SPHINXLINT    = $(VENVDIR)/bin/sphinx-lint
 PAPER         =
 
 # Internal variables.
@@ -153,8 +154,9 @@ doctest: venv
 htmlview: html
 	$(PYTHON) -c "import os, webbrowser; webbrowser.open('file://' + os.path.realpath('_build/html/index.html'))"
 
-check:
-	$(PYTHON) tools/rstlint.py -i tools -i venv
+check: venv
+	# Ignore the tools and venv dirs and check that the default role is not used.
+	$(SPHINXLINT) -i tools -i $(VENVDIR) --enable default-role
 
 serve:
 	@echo "The 'serve' target was removed, use 'htmlview' instead" \
diff --git a/gh-faq.rst b/gh-faq.rst
index 7fe66c029..42b0fb61d 100644
--- a/gh-faq.rst
+++ b/gh-faq.rst
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ particularly useful outside of the change log.
 
 .. _bpo: https://bugs.python.org/
 .. _GitHub search syntax: https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/understanding-the-search-syntax
-.. _advanced search: https://github.com/search/advanced
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+.. _advanced search: https://github.com/search/advanced
diff --git a/make.bat b/make.bat
index cba6cb9d5..ca3ac39d8 100644
--- a/make.bat
+++ b/make.bat
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ if "%PYTHON%" == "" (
 	set PYTHON=py -3
 )
 
+if not defined SPHINXLINT (
+    %PYTHON% -c "import sphinxlint" > nul 2> nul
+    if errorlevel 1 (
+        echo Installing sphinx-lint with %PYTHON%
+        rem Should have been installed with Sphinx earlier
+        %PYTHON% -m pip install "sphinx-lint<1"
+        if errorlevel 1 exit /B
+    )
+    set SPHINXLINT=%PYTHON% -m sphinxlint
+)
+
 set BUILDDIR=_build
 set ALLSPHINXOPTS=-d %BUILDDIR%/doctrees %SPHINXOPTS% .
 if NOT "%PAPER%" == "" (
@@ -202,7 +213,8 @@ results in %BUILDDIR%/doctest/output.txt.
 )
 
 :check
-cmd /C %PYTHON% tools\rstlint.py -i tools -i venv
+rem Ignore the tools and venv dirs and check that the default role is not used.
+cmd /S /C "%SPHINXLINT% -i tools -i venv --enable default-role"
 goto end
 
 :serve
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7da0db247..071237ae9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Sphinx==4.5.0
 furo<2022.4.8
 sphinx_copybutton>=0.3.3
+sphinx-lint<1
diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst
index 3775c5fe2..58120dc30 100644
--- a/setup.rst
+++ b/setup.rst
@@ -556,4 +556,4 @@ every rule.
      Various tools that are (or have been) used to maintain Python.
 
 
-.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
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+.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
diff --git a/silencewarnings.rst b/silencewarnings.rst
index 8d1ff5bff..a5f21ed0d 100644
--- a/silencewarnings.rst
+++ b/silencewarnings.rst
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ If you decide to tackle a warning you have found, open an issue on the `issue
 tracker`_ (if one has not already been opened) and say you are going to try and
 tackle the issue, and then proceed to fix the issue.
 
-.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
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+.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues