diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
index 6133780688a..b47ef135a28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Documentation checks
         run: |
+          doc/tools/doc_status.py doc/classes modules/*/doc_classes platform/*/doc_classes
           doc/tools/make_rst.py --dry-run --color doc/classes modules platform
 
       - name: Style checks via clang-format (clang_format.sh)
diff --git a/doc/tools/doc_status.py b/doc/tools/doc_status.py
index 376addcff06..717a468b36f 100755
--- a/doc/tools/doc_status.py
+++ b/doc/tools/doc_status.py
@@ -383,12 +383,6 @@ for file in input_file_list:
     tree = ET.parse(file)
     doc = tree.getroot()
 
-    if "version" not in doc.attrib:
-        print('Version missing from "doc"')
-        sys.exit(255)
-
-    version = doc.attrib["version"]
-
     if doc.attrib["name"] in class_names:
         continue
     class_names.append(doc.attrib["name"])