diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index dea54659b5..ed1dbe6395 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -49,22 +49,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check imports against dependencies
       run: pre-commit run deptry --hook-stage manual
 
-  rule_linter:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout capa with submodules
-      uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-      with:
-        submodules: recursive
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
-      uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5.0.0
-      with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
-    - name: Install capa
-      run: pip install -e .[dev]
-    - name: Run rule linter
-      run: python scripts/lint.py rules/
-
   tests:
     name: Tests in ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}