This critical repair step requires the endonuclease XPF (FANCQ)‐ERCC1, which is recruited to the ICL by the large scaffold protein SLX4 (FANCP), and depends on the activation of the Fanconi anemia pathway by ubiquitylation of the FANCI‐FANCD2 complex (Knipscheer et al, 2009; Klein Douwel et al, 2014). Here, SLX4 is linked to Fanconi anemia.