diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/render_book.py b/src/calibre/srv/render_book.py
index 913fa590e6..ac0b815daa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/render_book.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/render_book.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ class Container(ContainerBase):
         resource_template = link_uid + '|{}|'
         xlink_xpath = XPath('//*[@xl:href]')
         link_xpath = XPath('//h:a[@href]')
+        res_link_xpath = XPath('//h:link[@href]')
 
         def link_replacer(base, url):
             if url.startswith('#'):
@@ -249,6 +250,14 @@ class Container(ContainerBase):
             elif mt in OEB_DOCS:
                 self.virtualized_names.add(name)
                 root = self.parsed(name)
+                for link in res_link_xpath(root):
+                    ltype = (link.get('type') or 'text/css').lower()
+                    rel = (link.get('rel') or 'stylesheet').lower()
+                    if ltype != 'text/css' or rel != 'stylesheet':
+                        # This link will not be loaded by the browser anyway
+                        # and will causes the resource load check to hang
+                        link.attrib.clear()
+                        changed.add(name)
                 rewrite_links(root, partial(link_replacer, name))
                 for a in link_xpath(root):
                     href = a.get('href')
diff --git a/src/pyj/read_book/resources.pyj b/src/pyj/read_book/resources.pyj
index d1266615a6..8743ed9af3 100644
--- a/src/pyj/read_book/resources.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/read_book/resources.pyj
@@ -229,11 +229,13 @@ def unserialize_html(serialized_data, proceed):
     clear(document.head, document.body)
     load_required = set()
     proceeded = False
+    hang_timeout = 5
 
     def hangcheck():
         nonlocal proceeded
         if not proceeded:
             proceeded = True
+            print('WARNING: All resources did not load in {} seconds, proceeding anyway ({} resources left)'.format(hang_timeout, load_required.length))
             proceed()
 
     def onload():
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@ def unserialize_html(serialized_data, proceed):
     ev.initEvent('DOMContentLoaded', True, True)
     document.dispatchEvent(ev)
     if load_required.length:
-        setTimeout(hangcheck, 5000)
+        setTimeout(hangcheck, hang_timeout * 1000)
     else:
         proceeded = True
         proceed()