diff --git a/komodo/symlink/sanity_check.py b/komodo/symlink/sanity_check.py
index f10056ee..0958b8a3 100644
--- a/komodo/symlink/sanity_check.py
+++ b/komodo/symlink/sanity_check.py
@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ def read_link_structure(path):
 
     bleeding_timestamp_pattern = r"bleeding-\d{8}-\d{4}-"
     bleeding_deleteme_pattern = r"bleeding-.*\.deleteme"
+    dangling_root_folders = ["bleeding-py311-rhel8", "bleeding-py38-rhel7", "bleeding-py38-rhel8"]
 
     for file_path in list_of_files:
         file_name = os.path.basename(file_path)
 
-        if re.match(bleeding_timestamp_pattern, file_name) or re.match(bleeding_deleteme_pattern, file_name):
-            continue
-
-        if os.path.islink(file_path):
+        if not any([
+            re.match(bleeding_timestamp_pattern, file_name),
+            re.match(bleeding_deleteme_pattern, file_name),
+            file_name in dangling_root_folders,
+            not os.path.islink(file_path)
+        ]):
             link_structure["links"][file_name] = os.path.basename(
                 os.readlink(file_path),
             )
diff --git a/tests/test_link_io_structure.py b/tests/test_link_io_structure.py
index 2df8e6bb..40edd59a 100644
--- a/tests/test_link_io_structure.py
+++ b/tests/test_link_io_structure.py
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ def test_read_folder_structure(tmpdir):
         os.symlink("2012.01", "stable")
         os.symlink("2012.01.rc2", "testing")
         os.symlink("nowhere", "bleeding-20242012-2313-py311")
+        os.symlink("nowhere", "bleeding-20242012-2245-py38")
         os.symlink("nowhere", "bleeding-something.deleteme")
+        os.symlink("bleeding-20242012-2313-py38", "bleeding-py38-rhel7")
+        os.symlink("bleeding-20242012-2313-py38", "bleeding-py38-rhel8")
+        os.symlink("bleeding-20242012-2313-py311", "bleeding-py311-rhel8")
 
         expected_result = {
             "root_folder": tmpdir,