diff --git a/adoc/Makefile b/adoc/Makefile
index 8216e51b0..424732638 100644
--- a/adoc/Makefile
+++ b/adoc/Makefile
@@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ $(OUTDIR)/$(KATEXDIR)/README.md: katex/README.md
 	$(QUIET)$(RMRF)  $(OUTDIR)/$(KATEXDIR)
 	$(QUIET)$(CP) --archive katex $(OUTDIR)
 
-# Script to add href to anchors
-GENANCHORLINKS = $(SCRIPTS)/genanchorlinks.py
-
 # Spec targets
 # There is some complexity to try and avoid short virtual targets like 'html'
 # causing specs to *always* be regenerated.
@@ -215,7 +212,6 @@ html: $(HTMLDIR)/$(SPEC_BASE_NAME).html $(SPECSRC) $(COMMONDOCS)
 %.html: $(SPECSRC) $(COMMONDOCS) katexinst
 	$(QUIET)$(ASCIIDOC) --backend html5 $(ADOCOPTS) $(ADOCHTMLOPTS) \
 	  --out-file $@ $(SPECSRC)
-	$(QUIET)$(PYTHON) $(GENANCHORLINKS) $@ $@
 	$(QUIET)$(NODEJS) translate_math.js $@
 
 diff_html: $(HTMLDIR)/diff.html $(SPECSRC) $(COMMONDOCS)
diff --git a/adoc/config/khronos.css b/adoc/config/khronos.css
index e66358077..210005b33 100644
--- a/adoc/config/khronos.css
+++ b/adoc/config/khronos.css
@@ -804,10 +804,3 @@ p.tableblock.header { color: #6d6e71; }
 
 /* From https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs/pull/901 */
 a code { color: inherit; }
-
-/* Make VUID anchor handles*/
-li > p > a[id^="VUID-"] { visibility: hidden; position: absolute; z-index: 1001; width: 2.2ex; margin-left: -2.2ex; display: block; text-decoration: none !important; text-align: center; font-weight: normal; }
-li > p > a[id^="VUID-"]:before { content: "\00A7"; font-size: 1em; display: block; padding-top: 0em; background: #fff }
-li > p:hover > a[id^="VUID-"], li > p > a[id^="VUID-"]:hover { visibility: visible; }
-li > p > a[id^="VUID-"].link { color: black; text-decoration: none; } /* TODO: not quite sure what these two do */
-li > p > a[id^="VUID-"].link:hover { color: black; }
diff --git a/adoc/scripts/genanchorlinks.py b/adoc/scripts/genanchorlinks.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 499a1abb8..000000000
--- a/adoc/scripts/genanchorlinks.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2020-2025 The Khronos Group, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# Script that adds href to <a> anchors
-
-import os,sys,re
-
-def genAnchorLinks(in_file, out_file):
-        try:
-                with open(in_file, 'r', encoding='utf8') as f: data = f.read()
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-                print('Error: File %s does not exist.' % in_file)
-                sys.exit(2)
-
-        data = re.sub( r'(<a )(id="(VUID\-[\w\-:]+)")(>)', '\g<1>\g<2> href="#\g<3>"\g<4>', data)
-        with open(out_file, 'w', encoding='utf8') as f: data = f.write(data)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-        if len(sys.argv) != 3:
-                print('Error: genanchorlinks.py requires two arguments.')
-                print('Usage: genanchorlinks.py infile.html outfile.html')
-                sys.exit(1)
-        genAnchorLinks(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])