diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6aa9abc339..2120f0d00d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1193,24 +1193,6 @@ deps =
 commands =
   codespell
 
-[testenv:lint]
-basepython: python3
-recreate = True
-deps =
-  -r dev-requirements.txt
-
-commands_pre =
-  python -m pip install {env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-api&subdirectory=opentelemetry-api
-  python -m pip install {env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-  python -m pip install {env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk
-  python -m pip install {env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-test-utils&subdirectory=tests/opentelemetry-test-utils
-  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http[test]
-  pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation/test-requirements.txt
-  pip install -r {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/test-requirements-1.txt
-
-commands =
-  python scripts/eachdist.py lint --check-only
-
 [testenv:docker-tests]
 basepython: python3
 deps =