diff --git a/scripts/cue.sh b/scripts/cue.sh
index 5bf6ba6e67044..2fe80d7588dca 100755
--- a/scripts/cue.sh
+++ b/scripts/cue.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ cmd_fmt() {
   list-docs-files | grep -v "${CUE_SOURCES}/reference/remap/functions/" | xargs cue fmt "$@"
 }
 
-cmd_vet() {
-  list-docs-files | xargs cue vet --concrete --all-errors "$@"
-}
-
 cmd_eval() {
   list-docs-files | xargs cue eval --concrete --all-errors "$@"
 }
@@ -53,7 +49,7 @@ cmd_build() {
 
 usage() {
   cat >&2 <<-EOF
-Usage: $0 [build|check|fmt|list|vet|eval|export]
+Usage: $0 [build|check|fmt|list|eval|export]
 
 Modes:
   build   - build all of the CUE sources and export them into a Hugo-processable
@@ -61,7 +57,6 @@ Modes:
   check   - check for the CUE sources' correctness
   fmt     - format all CUE files using the built-in formatter
   list    - list all the documentation files
-  vet     - check the documentation files and print errors
   eval    - print the evaluated documentation,
             optionally pass the expression to evaluate via "-e EXPRESSION"
   export  - export the documentation,
@@ -92,7 +87,7 @@ EOF
 
 MODE="${1:-}"
 case "$MODE" in
-  build|check|fmt|list|vet|eval|export)
+  build|check|fmt|list|eval|export)
     shift
     "cmd_$MODE" "$@"
     ;;
diff --git a/vdev/src/commands/check/docs.rs b/vdev/src/commands/check/docs.rs
index abff220b56163..33e58de6c368a 100644
--- a/vdev/src/commands/check/docs.rs
+++ b/vdev/src/commands/check/docs.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use crate::app;
 use crate::app::CommandExt;
-use crate::utils::git;
-use anyhow::{Result, bail};
+use crate::utils::{git, paths};
+use anyhow::{Context as _, Result, bail};
+use glob::glob;
+use std::env;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 #[derive(clap::Args, Debug)]
@@ -17,6 +20,12 @@ const CUE_DIR: &str = "website/cue";
 /// 2. Ensuring that the .cue files can compile.
 impl Cli {
     pub fn exec(self) -> Result<()> {
+        // Resolve all `website/cue/**` globs against the repo root rather
+        // than the caller's CWD. Without this, running the binary from
+        // anywhere outside the repo root silently scans nothing and reports `0 error(s)`
+        let repo_root = paths::find_repo_root()?;
+        env::set_current_dir(&repo_root)?;
+
         if Command::new("cue").arg("version").check_output().is_err() {
             bail!("Error: cue is not installed");
         }
@@ -35,9 +44,13 @@ impl Cli {
 
         println!("Validating cue files correctness...");
 
-        if let Err(err) = app::exec(CUE_SCRIPT, ["vet"], true) {
-            bail!("CUE files validation failed:\n{err}");
-        }
+        let all_cue_files = Self::get_all_cue_files()?;
+
+        Command::new("cue")
+            .args(["vet", "--concrete", "--all-errors"])
+            .args(all_cue_files)
+            .check_output()
+            .context("CUE files validation failed")?;
 
         println!("Success! The contents of the sources in the './{CUE_DIR}' directory are valid");
         Ok(())
@@ -55,4 +68,13 @@ impl Cli {
 
         Ok(file_names)
     }
+
+    fn get_all_cue_files() -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
+        let pattern = &format!("{CUE_DIR}/**/*.cue");
+
+        // Paths are yielded in alphabetical order via glob
+        let files: Vec<PathBuf> = glob(pattern)?.collect::<Result<Vec<PathBuf>, _>>()?;
+
+        Ok(files)
+    }
 }