diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index 84d810e7db7b3760a90b911c9c421142f89192fa..02fc58f8580376196a5c9fb961bbd624d6faab4c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ docs-lint markdown:
     - .default-retry
     - .docs:rules:docs-lint
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
-    - .yarn-cache
   stage: lint
   needs: []
   script:
diff --git a/doc/.markdownlint/require_helper.js b/doc/.markdownlint/require_helper.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7d06cf67419fdfaa903a5ebc1c985be4ec64d437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.markdownlint/require_helper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Look up the global node modules directory.
+ *
+ * Because we install markdownlint packages globally
+ * in the Docker image where this runs, we need to
+ * provide the path to the global install location
+ * when referencing global functions from our own node
+ * modules.
+ *
+ * Image:
+ * https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/-/blob/main/dockerfiles/gitlab-docs-lint-markdown.Dockerfile
+ */
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+module.exports.globalPath = execSync('yarn global dir').toString().trim() + '/node_modules/';
diff --git a/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_blank_lines.js b/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_blank_lines.js
index 8a9e9c2434e1f2a8c4aa69c8712c1e2aca13315a..e0e2c1a0a9b910ee85018a941847aaf4594a0f97 100644
--- a/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_blank_lines.js
+++ b/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_blank_lines.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-const { forEachLine, getLineMetadata, isBlankLine } = require(`markdownlint-rule-helpers`);
+const { globalPath } = require('../require_helper');
+const {
+  forEachLine,
+  getLineMetadata,
+  isBlankLine,
+} = require(`${globalPath}/markdownlint-rule-helpers`);
 
 module.exports = {
   names: ['tabs-blank-lines'],
diff --git a/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_markup.js b/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_markup.js
index 0461ac8385f3a3c0239d9d217ed161d336af8f83..9c1de1e630d7750a832c5cfb96f17e70dfdec00f 100644
--- a/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_markup.js
+++ b/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_markup.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const { forEachLine, getLineMetadata } = require(`markdownlint-rule-helpers`);
+const { globalPath } = require('../require_helper');
+const { forEachLine, getLineMetadata } = require(`${globalPath}/markdownlint-rule-helpers`);
 
 module.exports = {
   names: ['tabs-title-markup'],
diff --git a/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_text.js b/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_text.js
index beb329231b1f5ff481546152cc596c7499971339..672aa70f5624427a05d90c749ceccf650f990cd5 100644
--- a/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_text.js
+++ b/doc/.markdownlint/rules/tabs_title_text.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-const { forEachLine, getLineMetadata, isBlankLine } = require(`markdownlint-rule-helpers`);
+const { globalPath } = require('../require_helper');
+const {
+  forEachLine,
+  getLineMetadata,
+  isBlankLine,
+} = require(`${globalPath}/markdownlint-rule-helpers`);
 
 module.exports = {
   names: ['tabs-title-text'],
diff --git a/lib/tasks/lint.rake b/lib/tasks/lint.rake
index 6e50e417776da3d717b6b09878a051985d6bb030..62d31803f6ee52186c218602901a4e35be666dd1 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/lint.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/lint.rake
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ unless Rails.env.production?
       exit(1)
     end
 
-    desc "GitLab | Lint | Lint docs Markdown files"
-    task :markdown do
-      sh "./scripts/lint-doc.sh"
-    end
-
     desc "GitLab | Lint | Run several lint checks"
     task :all do
       status = 0
diff --git a/scripts/lint-doc.sh b/scripts/lint-doc.sh
index 1c934c07608d98393a935363e43f583c8c2681c1..68dfac95ef6a77781a53f14d54e6d2213404f412 100755
--- a/scripts/lint-doc.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint-doc.sh
@@ -119,24 +119,19 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
-function run_locally_or_in_container() {
+function run_locally_or_in_docker() {
   local cmd=$1
   local args=$2
 
   if hash ${cmd} 2>/dev/null
   then
     $cmd $args
-  # When using software like Rancher Desktop, both nerdctl and docker binaries are available
-  # but only one is configured. To check which one to use, we need to probe each runtime
-  elif (hash nerdctl 2>/dev/null) && (nerdctl info 2>&1 1>/dev/null)
+  elif hash docker 2>/dev/null
   then
-    nerdctl run -t -v "${PWD}:/gitlab" -w /gitlab --rm registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/lint-markdown:alpine-3.16-vale-2.20.1-markdownlint-0.32.2 ${cmd} ${args}
-  elif (hash docker 2>/dev/null) && (docker info 2>&1 1>/dev/null)
-  then
-    docker run -t -v "${PWD}:/gitlab" -w /gitlab --rm registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/lint-markdown:alpine-3.16-vale-2.20.1-markdownlint-0.32.2 ${cmd} ${args}
+    docker run -t -v ${PWD}:/gitlab -w /gitlab --rm registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/lint-markdown:alpine-3.16-vale-2.20.1-markdownlint-0.32.2 ${cmd} ${args}
   else
     echo
-    echo "  ✖ ERROR: '${cmd}' not found. Install '${cmd}' or a container runtime (Docker/Nerdctl) to proceed." >&2
+    echo "  ✖ ERROR: '${cmd}' not found. Install '${cmd}' or Docker to proceed." >&2
     echo
     ((ERRORCODE++))
   fi
@@ -156,19 +151,11 @@ if [ -z "${MD_DOC_PATH}" ]
 then
   echo "Merged results pipeline detected, but no markdown files found. Skipping."
 else
-  yarn markdownlint --config .markdownlint.yml ${MD_DOC_PATH} --rules doc/.markdownlint/rules
-
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-  then
-    echo
-    echo '✖ ERROR: Markdownlint failed with errors.' >&2
-    echo
-    ((ERRORCODE++))
-  fi
+  run_locally_or_in_docker 'markdownlint' "--config .markdownlint.yml ${MD_DOC_PATH} --rules doc/.markdownlint/rules"
 fi
 
 echo '=> Linting prose...'
-run_locally_or_in_container 'vale' "--minAlertLevel error --output=doc/.vale/vale.tmpl ${MD_DOC_PATH}"
+run_locally_or_in_docker 'vale' "--minAlertLevel error --output=doc/.vale/vale.tmpl ${MD_DOC_PATH}"
 
 if [ $ERRORCODE -ne 0 ]
 then