diff --git a/.markdownlint.json b/.markdownlint.json
index 29ecb5426f..58ab5995dd 100644
--- a/.markdownlint.json
+++ b/.markdownlint.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "ol-prefix": {"style": "ordered"},
   "no-reversed-links": true,
   "reference-links-images": {
-    "shortcut_syntax": true
+    "shortcut_syntax": false
   },
   "fenced-code-language": true,
   "table-pipe-style": true,