diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a36a7738f..c8e6c7317 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,16 +36,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
 
-    - name: Dependencies
-      run: |
-          sudo apt-get -q update
-          sudo -E apt-get -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install python2-minimal
-          cd /tmp && go install github.com/vbatts/git-validation@latest
-
     - name: Build
       working-directory: ./src/github.com/distribution/distribution
       run: |
-        DCO_VERBOSITY=-q script/validate/dco
         go build -i .
         make build
         make binaries
diff --git a/script/validate/dco b/script/validate/dco
deleted file mode 100755
index 401f36425..000000000
--- a/script/validate/dco
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -eu -o pipefail
-
-if ! command -v git-validation; then
-    >&2 echo "ERROR: git-validation not found. Install with:"
-    >&2 echo "    go install github.com/vbatts/git-validation@latest"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-verbosity="${DCO_VERBOSITY--v}"
-GIT_CHECK_EXCLUDE="./vendor:./script/validate/template" git-validation "$verbosity" -range "$COMMIT_RANGE" -run DCO,short-subject,dangling-whitespace
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