diff --git a/.link-checker.js b/.link-checker.js
index 04d6ef7260..af09b214c3 100644
--- a/.link-checker.js
+++ b/.link-checker.js
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 const HTMLParser = require('node-html-parser');
 
+const getAttributeValue = (obj, attribute) => {
+  if (typeof obj !== 'object' || obj === null) return undefined;
+  if (obj.hasOwnProperty(attribute)) return obj[attribute];
+
+  if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+    for (const element of obj) {
+      const attributeValue = getAttributeValue(element, attribute);
+      if (attributeValue !== undefined) return attributeValue;
+    }
+  } else {
+    for (const key in obj) {
+      const attributeValue = getAttributeValue(obj[key], attribute);
+      if (attributeValue !== undefined) return attributeValue;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   filesToIgnore: [
     // For example:
@@ -20,19 +39,16 @@ module.exports = {
     {
       name: 'github',
       pattern: /^https:\/\/github\.com\/.*/,
-      matchHash: (ids, hash, { ssr }) => {
-        if (ssr) {
+      matchHash: (ids, hash, { reactPartial }) => {
+        if (reactPartial) {
           // This is where the react-partial keeps data about READMEs and other *.md files
-          const overviewFiles =
-            ssr['props']['initialPayload']['overview']['overviewFiles'];
-          for (let file of overviewFiles) {
-            if (file['richText']) {
-              const html = HTMLParser.parse(file['richText']);
-              const githubIds = html
-                .querySelectorAll('[id]')
-                .map((idElement) => idElement.getAttribute('id'));
-              return githubIds.includes(`user-content-${hash}`);
-            }
+          const richText = getAttributeValue(reactPartial, 'richText');
+          if (richText !== undefined) {
+            const html = HTMLParser.parse(richText);
+            const githubIds = html
+              .querySelectorAll('[id]')
+              .map((idElement) => idElement.getAttribute('id'));
+            return githubIds.includes(`user-content-${hash}`);
           }
         }
         return ids.includes(hash) || ids.includes(`user-content-${hash}`);
diff --git a/scripts/link-checker.js b/scripts/link-checker.js
index bcc865cecb..d7174b79e4 100644
--- a/scripts/link-checker.js
+++ b/scripts/link-checker.js
@@ -33,7 +33,24 @@ async function checkLinks() {
     return getLineNumber;
   };
 
-  const checkPathForHash = (hrefOrSrc, ids = [], hash, { ssr } = {}) => {
+  const getHashCheckHandler = (hrefOrSrc) => {
+    return options.hashCheckHandlers.find(({ pattern }) =>
+      pattern.test(hrefOrSrc)
+    );
+  };
+
+  const getReactPartial = (hrefOrSrc, html) => {
+    const handler = getHashCheckHandler(hrefOrSrc);
+    if (handler) return handler.getPartial(html);
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
+  const checkPathForHash = (
+    hrefOrSrc,
+    ids = [],
+    hash,
+    { reactPartial } = {}
+  ) => {
     // On some websites, the ids may not exactly match the hash included
     // in the link.
     // For e.g. GitHub will prepend client facing ids with their own
@@ -43,10 +60,8 @@ async function checkLinks() {
     // as being 'user-content-foo-bar' for its own page processing purposes.
     //
     // See https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/issues/2809
-    const handler = options.hashCheckHandlers.find(({ pattern }) =>
-      pattern.test(hrefOrSrc)
-    );
-    if (handler) return handler.matchHash(ids, hash, { ssr });
+    const handler = getHashCheckHandler(hrefOrSrc);
+    if (handler) return handler.matchHash(ids, hash, { reactPartial });
     else return ids.includes(hash);
   };
 
@@ -151,14 +166,13 @@ async function checkLinks() {
 
             // Handle GitHub README links.
             // These links are stored within a react-partial element
-            const handler = options.hashCheckHandlers.find(({ pattern }) =>
-              pattern.test(hrefOrSrc)
-            );
-            let ssr = undefined;
-            if (handler) {
-              ssr = handler.getPartial(html);
-            }
-            return { ok: response.ok, status: response.status, ids, ssr };
+            const reactPartial = getReactPartial(hrefOrSrc, html);
+            return {
+              ok: response.ok,
+              status: response.status,
+              ids,
+              reactPartial,
+            };
           } catch (error) {
             return {
               errorMessage:
@@ -315,7 +329,7 @@ async function checkLinks() {
           !isHashCheckingDisabled &&
           hash &&
           !checkPathForHash(hrefOrSrc, pageData.ids, hash, {
-            ssr: pageData.ssr,
+            reactPartial: pageData.reactPartial,
           })
         ) {
           consoleError(