diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 15959d173a..a889670d86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -70,20 +70,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: run misspell
       run: make misspell
 
-  docfx:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: 6.0.x
-
-    - name: install docfx
-      run: dotnet tool update -g docfx --version "3.0.0-*" --add-source https://docfx.pkgs.visualstudio.com/docfx/_packaging/docs-public-packages/nuget/v3/index.json
-
-    - name: run docfx
-      run: docfx build --dry-run
-
   semantic-conventions:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/docfx.json b/docfx.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f69395082c..0000000000
--- a/docfx.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "files": "**/*.{md,png}",
-  "warningsAsErrors": true,
-  "rules": {
-    "link-out-of-scope": "off"
-  }
-}