diff --git a/scripts/generate.py b/scripts/generate.py
index 9f98e7b..7c28db6 100644
--- a/scripts/generate.py
+++ b/scripts/generate.py
@@ -580,6 +580,8 @@ def render_text_tokens(tokens, acc, headline, graph):
                     is_internal_link = False
                     if link_target.startswith('orgit-rev'):
                         raise NonExistingLocalNoteError(link_target, headline)
+                    elif link_target.startswith('file:'):
+                        raise NonExistingLocalNoteError(link_target, headline)
                     elif not (
                         link_target.startswith('https://')
                         or link_target.startswith('http://')