diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7d184dd8..926dc760 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -31,25 +31,6 @@ commands =
   bash {toxinidir}/tools/generatelabs
   bash {toxinidir}/tools/generateslides
 
-[testenv:bashate]
-deps = bashate
-whitelist_externals = bash
-commands =
-         bash -c "find {toxinidir}            \
-         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \ # prune all 'dot' dirs
-         -not \( -type d -name doc -prune \)  \ # skip docs dir
-         -type f                              \ # only files
-         -not -name \*~                       \ # skip editors, readme, etc
-         -not -name \*.md                     \
-         \(                                   \
-          -name \*.sh -or                     \
-          -name \*rc -or                      \
-          -name functions\* -or               \
-          -wholename \*/inc/\* -or            \ # /inc files and
-          -wholename \*/lib/\*                \ # /lib files are shell, but
-         \)                                   \ #  have no extension
-         -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
-
 [doc8]
 # Settings for doc8:
 # File extensions to use