diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/repo-health.yml b/.gitea/workflows/repo-health.yml
index 482ee1a..5392de3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/repo-health.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/repo-health.yml
@@ -477,14 +477,7 @@ jobs:
           export MISSING_OPTIONAL="$(printf '%s\n' "${missing_optional[@]:-}")"
           export CONTENT_WARNINGS="$(printf '%s\n' "${content_warnings[@]:-}")"
 
-          report_json="$(python3 -c "
-import json, os
-profile = os.environ.get('PROFILE_RAW') or 'all'
-mr = [x for x in os.environ.get('MISSING_REQUIRED', '').splitlines() if x]
-mo = [x for x in os.environ.get('MISSING_OPTIONAL', '').splitlines() if x]
-cw = [x for x in os.environ.get('CONTENT_WARNINGS', '').splitlines() if x]
-print(json.dumps({'profile': profile, 'missing_required': mr, 'missing_optional': mo, 'content_warnings': cw}, indent=2))
-")"
+          report_json=$(printf '{"profile":"%s","missing_required":%d,"missing_optional":%d,"content_warnings":%d}'             "$profile" "${#missing_required[@]}" "${#missing_optional[@]}" "${#content_warnings[@]}")
 
           {
             printf '%s\n' '### Repository health'
@@ -615,43 +608,29 @@ print(json.dumps({'profile': profile, 'missing_required': mr, 'missing_optional'
             fi
 
             if [ -f "${DOCS_INDEX}" ]; then
-              missing_links="$(python3 - <<'PY'
-              import os
-              import re
-
-              idx = os.environ.get('DOCS_INDEX', 'docs/docs-index.md')
-              base = os.getcwd()
-
-              bad = []
-              pat = re.compile(r'\[[^\]]+\]\(([^)]+)\)')
-
-              with open(idx, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-                for line in f:
-                  for m in pat.findall(line):
-                    link = m.strip()
-                    if link.startswith('http://') or link.startswith('https://') or link.startswith('#') or link.startswith('mailto:'):
-                      continue
-                    if link.startswith('/'):
-                      rel = link.lstrip('/')
-                    else:
-                      rel = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(idx), link))
-                    rel = rel.split('#', 1)[0]
-                    rel = rel.split('?', 1)[0]
-                    if not rel:
-                      continue
-                    p = os.path.join(base, rel)
-                    if not os.path.exists(p):
-                      bad.append(rel)
-
-              print('\n'.join(sorted(set(bad))))
-              PY
-              )"
+              missing_links=""
+              while IFS= read -r docline; do
+                for link in $(echo "$docline" | grep -oE '\]\([^)]+\)' | sed 's/\](//' | sed 's/)$//' || true); do
+                  case "$link" in http://*|https://*|"#"*|mailto:*) continue ;; esac
+                  linkpath="${link%%#*}"
+                  linkpath="${linkpath%%\?*}"
+                  [ -z "$linkpath" ] && continue
+                  if [ "${linkpath:0:1}" = "/" ]; then
+                    testpath="${linkpath#/}"
+                  else
+                    testpath="$(dirname "${DOCS_INDEX}")/${linkpath}"
+                  fi
+                  [ ! -e "$testpath" ] && missing_links="${missing_links}${testpath} "
+                done
+              done < "${DOCS_INDEX}"
               if [ -n "${missing_links}" ]; then
                 extended_findings+=("docs/docs-index.md contains broken relative links")
                 {
                   printf '%s\n' '### Docs index link integrity'
                   printf '%s\n' 'Broken relative links:'
-                  while IFS= read -r l; do [ -n "${l}" ] && printf '%s\n' "- ${l}"; done <<< "${missing_links}"
+                  for bl in ${missing_links}; do
+                    printf '%s\n' "- ${bl}"
+                  done
                   printf '\n'
                 } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
               fi