diff --git a/tools/check_readme.sh b/tools/check_readme.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c82ef20317..0000000000
--- a/tools/check_readme.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Trivial script run from tox -e linters to ensure roles have a
-# README.rst attached
-
-if ! [ -f $1/README.rst ]; then
-    echo "*** Missing role documentation: $1/README.rst"
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e95ba03521..94b014ed8d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 [testenv:linters]
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
-  bash -c "find roles/ playbooks/roles -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -print0 | \
-     xargs -t -n1 -0 {toxinidir}/tools/check_readme.sh"
   flake8
   {toxinidir}/tools/run-bashate.sh
   python3 {toxinidir}/tools/sorted_modules_env.py {toxinidir}/modules.env