diff --git a/tools/glossary-sort.sh b/tools/glossary-sort.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 89b282e5..00000000
--- a/tools/glossary-sort.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -xe
-
-# Check that doc/common/glossary entries are alphabetized and prints
-# list of entries that should be sorted.
-
-# Cross-platform (Mac and Linux) commands to make a temporary working directory
-thetmpdir=`mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'thetmpdir'`
-trap "rm -rf $thetmpdir" EXIT
-
-pushd $thetmpdir
-GLOSSARY=$OLDPWD/doc/source/common/glossary.rst
-
-grep '^   [a-zA-Z0-9]' $GLOSSARY > glossary_entries
-
-LC_ALL=C sort --ignore-case glossary_entries -o glossary_entries.sorted
-
-if ! diff glossary_entries glossary_entries.sorted > glossary_entries.diff; then
-    echo "The following entries should be alphabetized: "
-    cat glossary_entries.diff | grep -e '> '
-    exit 1
-else
-    echo "Glossary alphabetized."
-fi
-
-popd
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4b08ad43..721ad3f4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ deps =
 commands =
   doc8 doc/source -e txt -e rst
   sphinx-build -E -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
-  {toxinidir}/tools/glossary-sort.sh