diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/linkinator.config.json b/packages/google-cloud-language/linkinator.config.json
index d780d6bfff5..b555215ca02 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/linkinator.config.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/linkinator.config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "recurse": true,
   "skip": [
     "https://codecov.io/gh/googleapis/",
-    "www.googleapis.com"
+    "www.googleapis.com",
+    "img.shields.io"
   ]
 }