diff --git a/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc b/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc
index 71539c9ee..9b3cd8c00 100644
--- a/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc
+++ b/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 threads=20
 timeout=300
 sslverify=0
+maxrequestspersecond=1
 
 [output]
 warnings=0