diff --git a/doc/source/admin/external-authentication.rst b/doc/source/admin/external-authentication.rst
index 5d14d29ee7..e801f9cd60 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/external-authentication.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/external-authentication.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ===========================================
 Using external authentication with Keystone
 ===========================================
-.. _external-auth:
 
 When Keystone is executed in a web server like Apache HTTPD,
 it is possible to have the web server also handle authentication.
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/federation/shibboleth.rst b/doc/source/admin/federation/shibboleth.rst
index 0bbb8faec4..61f2ae3be2 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/federation/shibboleth.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/federation/shibboleth.rst
@@ -272,8 +272,6 @@ For more information see the
 
 Once you are done, restart your Shibboleth daemon and apache:
 
-.. _`external authentication`: ../external-auth.html
-
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     $ service shibd restart