diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index d70fe8f4..f99c517c 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - template: ci/azure-install-rust.yml
       - script: |
-          which mdbook || cargo install mdbook
-          which mdbook-linkcheck || cargo install mdbook-linkcheck
+          set -e
+          curl -L https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/mdBook/releases/download/v0.3.0/mdbook-v0.3.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xzf -
+          echo "##vso[task.prependpath]$PWD"
         displayName: "Install mdbook"
       - script: (cd guide && mv _theme theme && mdbook build)
       - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@0
diff --git a/guide/book.toml b/guide/book.toml
index 53670cbc..dd1c9853 100644
--- a/guide/book.toml
+++ b/guide/book.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ multilingual = false
 src = "src"
 title = "The `wasm-bindgen` Guide"
 
+[build]
+build-dir = "book/html"
+
 [output.html]
-[output.linkcheck]