diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bb17bb1c..b03e94c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,30 +20,13 @@ env:
   # Many color libraries just need this to be set to any value, but at least
   # one distinguishes color depth, where "3" -> "256-bit color".
   FORCE_COLOR: 3
-  
+
 # Use bash by default in all jobs
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash -el {0}
 
 jobs:
-  # run pre-commit which includes many formatting and linting tools
-  pre-commit:
-    name: Format
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
-        with:
-          extra_args: --hook-stage manual --all-files
-      - name: Run PyLint
-        run: pipx run nox -s pylint -- --output-format=github
-
   # Run tests and upload to codecov
   test:
     name: Check Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
@@ -52,7 +35,6 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       ${{!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'docs:') }} ||
       ${{!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'style:') }}
-    needs: [pre-commit]
     strategy:
       # Otherwise, the workflow would stop if a single job fails. We want to
       # run all of them to catch failures in different combinations.