diff --git a/scripts/release/run.js b/scripts/release/run.js
index 29fb43156..9ed91e8d6 100644
--- a/scripts/release/run.js
+++ b/scripts/release/run.js
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ for (let step of [
     process: steps.installDependencies,
     skip: params.dry || params.skipDependenciesInstall || !params.manual,
   },
-  {
-    name: "Linting files",
-    process: steps.lintFiles,
-    skip: params.dry,
-  },
   {
     name: "Bumping version",
     process: steps.updateVersion,
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/index.js b/scripts/release/steps/index.js
index 5a8368903..888dfe24b 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/index.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ export { default as chooseVersion } from "./choose-version.js";
 export { default as cleanChangelog } from "./clean-changelog.js";
 export { default as generateBundles } from "./generate-bundles.js";
 export { default as installDependencies } from "./install-dependencies.js";
-export { default as lintFiles } from "./lint-files.js";
 export { default as mergeBlogPost } from "./merge-blog-post.js";
 export { default as postPublishSteps } from "./post-publish-steps.js";
 export { default as publishToNpm } from "./publish-to-npm.js";
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/lint-files.js b/scripts/release/steps/lint-files.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 011649829..000000000
--- a/scripts/release/steps/lint-files.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { runYarn } from "../utilities.js";
-
-const lintFiles = () => runYarn("lint");
-
-export default lintFiles;