diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index a7e4d4cef8c66..2db0866731bd4 100755
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const stylus = require('stylus')
 const ncp = require('ncp')
 const junk = require('junk')
 
+const githubLinks = require('./scripts/plugins/githubLinks')
 const navigation = require('./scripts/plugins/navigation')
 const anchorMarkdownHeadings = require('./scripts/plugins/anchor-markdown-headings')
 const loadVersions = require('./scripts/load-versions')
@@ -209,33 +210,6 @@ function withPreserveLocale (preserveLocale) {
   }
 }
 
-// This middleware adds "Edit on GitHub" links to every editable page
-function githubLinks (options) {
-  return (files, m, next) => {
-    // add suffix (".html" or "/" or "\" for windows) to each part of regex
-    // to ignore possible occurrences in titles (e.g. blog posts)
-    const isEditable = /security\.html|about(\/|\\)|docs(\/|\\)|foundation(\/|\\)|get-involved(\/|\\)|knowledge(\/|\\)/
-
-    Object.keys(files).forEach((path) => {
-      if (!isEditable.test(path)) {
-        return
-      }
-
-      const file = files[path]
-      const url = `https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/edit/master/locale/${options.locale}/${path.replace('.html', '.md').replace(/\\/g, '/')}`
-      const editText = options.site.editOnGithub || 'Edit on GitHub'
-
-      const contents = file.contents.toString().replace(/<h1(.*?)>(.*?)<\/h1>/, (match, $1, $2) => {
-        return `<a class="edit-link" href="${url}">${editText}</a> <h1${$1}>${$2}</h1>`
-      })
-
-      file.contents = Buffer.from(contents)
-    })
-
-    next()
-  }
-}
-
 // This function builds the static/css folder for all the Stylus files.
 function buildCSS () {
   console.log('[stylus] static/css started')
diff --git a/scripts/plugins/githubLinks.js b/scripts/plugins/githubLinks.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..28b45ca73f07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/plugins/githubLinks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+'use strict'
+
+// This middleware adds "Edit on GitHub" links to every editable page
+function githubLinks (options) {
+  return (files, m, next) => {
+    // add suffix (".html" or "/" or "\" for Windows) to each part of regex
+    // to ignore possible occurrences in titles (e.g. blog posts)
+    const isEditable = /security\.html|about(\/|\\)|docs(\/|\\)|foundation(\/|\\)|get-involved(\/|\\)|knowledge(\/|\\)/
+
+    Object.keys(files).forEach((path) => {
+      if (!isEditable.test(path)) {
+        return
+      }
+
+      const file = files[path]
+      const url = `https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/edit/master/locale/${options.locale}/${path.replace('.html', '.md').replace(/\\/g, '/')}`
+      const editText = options.site.editOnGithub || 'Edit on GitHub'
+
+      const contents = file.contents.toString().replace(/<h1(.*?)>(.*?)<\/h1>/, (match, $1, $2) => {
+        return `<a class="edit-link" href="${url}">${editText}</a> <h1${$1}>${$2}</h1>`
+      })
+
+      file.contents = Buffer.from(contents)
+    })
+
+    next()
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = githubLinks