diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0723fc7db..1492b4104 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ repos:
     language: script
     # exclude: we could exclude files here, but we do it in the script instead
 
-#- repo: local
-#  hooks:
-#  - id: check-commit-msg
-#    name: Check commit message
-#    entry: python scripts/dev/check-commit-msg.py
-#    language: python
-#    stages: [commit-msg]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/alessandrojcm/commitlint-pre-commit-hook
   rev: v9.5.0
diff --git a/scripts/dev/check-commit-msg.py b/scripts/dev/check-commit-msg.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 81649e82d..000000000
--- a/scripts/dev/check-commit-msg.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of the DiscoPoP software (http://www.discopop.tu-darmstadt.de)
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2020, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
-#
-# This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of
-# the 3-Clause BSD License.  See the LICENSE file in the package base
-# directory for details.
-
-import re
-
-# checks the commit message for correct formatting.
-# invoked by the git commit-msg hook, if configured.
-import sys
-
-# todo translate to python
-
-path_to_commit_msg = sys.argv[1]
-
-with open(path_to_commit_msg, "r") as f:
-    commit_msg = f.read()
-    commit_msg = commit_msg.replace("\n", "")
-
-pattern = re.compile("^(feat|fix|test|chore|wip|refactor|doc|docs|perf|ci|build|style)(\(.+\))?(\[.+\])?:.+$")
-matches = bool(pattern.match(commit_msg))
-
-if matches:
-    print("VALID commit message: ", commit_msg)
-    sys.exit(0)
-else:
-    print("INVALID commit message: ")
-    print("\t", commit_msg)
-    print("Please use the following format:")
-    print("\t<type>(scope)[optional info]: commit message")
-    print("where `<type>` can be any of `feat,fix,test,chore,wip,refactor,doc,docs,perf,ci,build,style`.")
-    sys.exit(1)