diff --git a/gulp-src/lint-md.js b/gulp-src/lint-md.js
index ee12d51ff5d2..2866588575a3 100644
--- a/gulp-src/lint-md.js
+++ b/gulp-src/lint-md.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ const markdownlint = require('markdownlint');
 const { taskArgs, trimBlankLinesFromArray } = require('./_util');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
-const defaultGlobs = [
-  '**/*.md',
-];
+const defaultGlobs = ['**/*.md'];
 const markdownFiles = [
   '!.github/**',
   '!content-modules/**',
@@ -127,7 +125,9 @@ function applyFixesToFileContent(content, issue) {
 
 function logFiles(debug) {
   return through2.obj(function (file, enc, cb) {
-    if (debug) { console.log('Processing file:', file.path); }
+    if (debug) {
+      console.log('Processing file:', file.path);
+    }
     cb(null, file);
   });
 }
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ function lintMarkdown() {
     glob: {
       alias: 'g',
       type: 'array',
-      description: 'Globs of files to run through markdownlint. List flag more than once for multiple values.',
+      description:
+        'Globs of files to run through markdownlint. List flag more than once for multiple values.',
       default: defaultGlobs,
     },
     debug: {
@@ -159,7 +160,9 @@ function lintMarkdown() {
   fix = argv.fix;
 
   const globs = [...argv.glob, ...markdownFiles];
-  if (argv.debug) { console.log('Globs being used:', globs); }
+  if (argv.debug) {
+    console.log('Globs being used:', globs);
+  }
 
   return gulp
     .src(globs, { followSymlinks: false })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7acda5cd94ef..5ae4b9ec7405 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "_check:links--warn": "npm run _check:links || (echo; echo 'WARNING: see link-checker output for issues.'; echo)",
     "_check:links:internal": "npm run __check:links",
     "_check:links": "HTMLTEST_ARGS='--log-level 1' npm run __check:links",
+    "_check:markdown": "npx gulp lint-md",
     "_check:text": "npx textlint content data `ls *.md`",
     "_diff:check": "git diff --name-only --exit-code",
     "_diff:fail": "git diff --name-only --exit-code || exit 1",
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
     "_rename-to-kebab-case": "find assets content static -name '*_*' ! -name '_*' -exec sh -c 'mv \"$1\" \"${1//_/-}\"' _ {} \\;",
     "_serve:hugo": "hugo server --buildDrafts --minify",
     "_serve:netlify": "netlify dev -c \"npm run _serve:hugo -- --renderToMemory\"",
-    "_sync": "./scripts/sync-submodules.pl",
+    "_sync": "scripts/sync-submodules.pl",
     "all": "bash -c 'x=0; for c in \"$@\"; do npm run $c || x=$((x+1)); done; ((!x)) || (echo \"ERROR: some scripts failed!\" && exit 1)' -",
     "build:preview": "set -x && npm run _build -- --minify",
     "build:production": "npm run _hugo -- --minify",
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
     "check:format": "npm run _check:format || (echo '[help] Run: npm run fix:format'; exit 1)",
     "check:links:internal": "npm run _check:links:internal",
     "check:links": "npm run _check:links",
-    "check:markdown": "npx gulp lint-md",
+    "check:markdown": "scripts/check-markdown-wrapper.sh",
     "check:spelling": "npx cspell --no-progress -c .cspell.yml content data 'layouts/**/*.md'",
     "check:text": "npm run _check:text -- ",
     "check": "npm run seq -- $(npm run -s _list:check:*)",
@@ -48,11 +49,11 @@
     "code-excerpts": "rm -Rf tmp/excerpts/* && npm run seq -- code-excerpts:get code-excerpts:update-docs",
     "code-excerpts:get": "cd tools && dart run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs --output ../tmp/excerpts",
     "code-excerpts:update-docs": "cd tools && dart run code_excerpt_updater --fragment-dir-path ../tmp/excerpts --src-dir-path examples --yaml --write-in-place content",
-    "cp:spec": "./scripts/content-modules/cp-pages.sh",
+    "cp:spec": "scripts/content-modules/cp-pages.sh",
     "diff:check": "npm run _diff:check || (echo; echo 'WARNING: the files above have not been committed'; echo)",
     "diff:fail": "npm run _diff:check || (echo; echo 'ERROR: the files above have changed. Locally rerun `npm run test-and-fix` and commit changes'; echo; exit 1)",
     "fix:all": "npm run seq -- $(npm -s run _list:fix:*)",
-    "fix:dict": "find content layouts -name \"*.md\" -print0 | xargs -0 ./scripts/normalize-cspell-front-matter.pl",
+    "fix:dict": "find content layouts -name \"*.md\" -print0 | xargs -0 scripts/normalize-cspell-front-matter.pl",
     "fix:filenames": "npm run _rename-to-kebab-case",
     "fix:format": "npm run format",
     "fix:i18n": "scripts/i18n-check.sh -u",
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
     "serve:hugo": "npm run _serve:hugo -- --renderToMemory",
     "serve:netlify": "npm run _serve:netlify",
     "serve": "npm run serve:hugo --",
-    "sync": "./scripts/sync-submodules.pl",
+    "sync": "scripts/sync-submodules.pl",
     "test-and-fix": "npm run seq -- check fix:dict fix:filenames",
     "test": "npm run check",
     "update:docsy-dep": "npm install --save-dev autoprefixer@latest postcss-cli@latest",
diff --git a/scripts/check-markdown-wrapper.sh b/scripts/check-markdown-wrapper.sh
index b74ee5922593..045eeed03949 100755
--- a/scripts/check-markdown-wrapper.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-markdown-wrapper.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ if [[ ! -e $symlink_target ]]; then
 fi
 
 set -x
-exec npx gulp lint-md "$@"
+exec npm run _check:markdown "$@"