diff --git a/docs/build.sh b/docs/build.sh
index 860c261cc1bb4..7b6eee6ba76d4 100755
--- a/docs/build.sh
+++ b/docs/build.sh
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ rsync -av \
       "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/_ext \
       "${GENERATED_RST_DIR}"
 
-bazel run "${BAZEL_BUILD_OPTIONS[@]}" //tools/code_format:rst_check "${GENERATED_RST_DIR}"
-
 # To speed up validate_fragment invocations in validating_code_block
 bazel build "${BAZEL_BUILD_OPTIONS[@]}" //tools/config_validation:validate_fragment
 
diff --git a/tools/code_format/BUILD b/tools/code_format/BUILD
index b3ad0b3e1cf00..95784d0ef412f 100644
--- a/tools/code_format/BUILD
+++ b/tools/code_format/BUILD
@@ -22,9 +22,3 @@ envoy_py_binary(
         requirement("yapf"),
     ],
 )
-
-py_binary(
-    name = "rst_check",
-    srcs = ["rst_check.py"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
diff --git a/tools/code_format/rst_check.py b/tools/code_format/rst_check.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c133744d8f96e..0000000000000
--- a/tools/code_format/rst_check.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-
-import subprocess
-import sys
-
-# TODO(phlax): add rstcheck also
-
-# things we dont want to see in generated docs
-# TODO(phlax): move to .rstcheck.cfg when available
-RSTCHECK_GREP_FAIL = (" ref:", "\\[\\#")
-
-
-def run_grep_check(check):
-    command = ["grep", "-nr", "--include", "\\*.rst"] + [check]
-    resp = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, cwd=sys.argv[1])
-
-    # this fails if returncode is 0 - ie it should not have any matches
-    if not resp.returncode:
-        # stdout and stderr are dumped to ensure we capture all errors
-        sys.stderr.write(
-            f"ERROR: rstcheck linting failed, found unwanted: '{check}'\n"
-            f"{resp.stdout.decode('utf-8')}\n"
-            f"{resp.stderr.decode('utf-8')}")
-    return len(resp.stdout.decode("utf-8").split("\n")) - 1
-
-
-def main():
-    errors = 0
-    for check in RSTCHECK_GREP_FAIL:
-        errors += run_grep_check(check)
-    if errors:
-        raise SystemExit(f"RST check failed: {errors} errors")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()