diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index ebe91e2..e31ada7 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ def conditional_remove(condition, path):
 conditional_remove("{{ cookiecutter.gitlab_ci }}" == "No", ".gitlab-ci.yml")
 conditional_remove(not {{ have_precommit }}, ".pre-commit-config.yaml")
 conditional_remove("{{ cookiecutter.notebooks }}" == "No", "notebooks")
-conditional_remove("{{ cookiecutter.notebooks }}" == "No", "doc/demo.nblink")
 conditional_remove("{{ cookiecutter.commandlineinterface }}" == "No", "src/{{ cookiecutter|modname }}/__main__.py")
 conditional_remove("{{ cookiecutter.commandlineinterface }}" == "No", "tests/test_cli.py")
 conditional_remove(os.stat("TODO.md").st_size == 0, "TODO.md")
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py
index 465dd9e..28a81af 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 extensions = [
 {%- if cookiecutter.notebooks == "Yes" %}
     "nbsphinx",
-    "nbsphinx_link",
 {%- endif %}
     "sphinx_mdinclude",
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/demo.nblink b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/demo.nblink
deleted file mode 100644
index e0294ef..0000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/demo.nblink
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "path": "../notebooks/demo.ipynb"
-}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/index.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/index.rst
index 3054caa..fb75e29 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/index.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/index.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
    intro
 {%- if cookiecutter.notebooks == "Yes" %}
-   demo
+   ../notebooks/demo.ipynb
 {%- endif %}
    api
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index 4a1a6e4..45907a0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ docs = [
 {%- if cookiecutter.notebooks == "Yes" %}
     "ipykernel",
     "nbsphinx",
-    "nbsphinx-link",
 {%- endif %}
     "sphinx",
     "sphinx_mdinclude",