diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index a4fdb5c5..618e4db4 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ environment:
   global:
     WITH_COMPILER: 'cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\ci\appveyor-with-compiler.cmd'
   matrix:
-    - TOXENV: check
-      TOXPYTHON: C:\Python27\python.exe
-      PYTHON_HOME: C:\Python27
-      PYTHON_VERSION: '2.7'
-      PYTHON_ARCH: '32'
     - TOXENV: 'py27,report'
       TOXPYTHON: C:\Python27\python.exe
       PYTHON_HOME: C:\Python27
diff --git a/ci/bootstrap.py b/ci/bootstrap.py
index e5292aa8..7eb70421 100755
--- a/ci/bootstrap.py
+++ b/ci/bootstrap.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         # WARNING: 'tox' must be installed globally or in the project's virtualenv
         for line in subprocess.check_output(['tox', '--listenvs'], universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
     ]
-    tox_environments = [line for line in tox_environments if line not in ['clean', 'report', 'docs', 'check']]
+    tox_environments = [line for line in tox_environments if line not in ['clean', 'report', 'docs']]
 
     for name in os.listdir(join("ci", "templates")):
         with open(join(base_path, name), "w") as fh:
diff --git a/ci/templates/.travis.yml b/ci/templates/.travis.yml
index 4459e879..6f063fdf 100644
--- a/ci/templates/.travis.yml
+++ b/ci/templates/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ env:
     - LD_PRELOAD=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSegFault.so
     - SEGFAULT_SIGNALS=all
   matrix:
-    - TOXENV=check
     - TOXENV=docs
 matrix:
   include:
diff --git a/ci/templates/appveyor.yml b/ci/templates/appveyor.yml
index 4d440ff0..025425a4 100644
--- a/ci/templates/appveyor.yml
+++ b/ci/templates/appveyor.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ environment:
   global:
     WITH_COMPILER: 'cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\ci\appveyor-with-compiler.cmd'
   matrix:
-    - TOXENV: check
-      TOXPYTHON: C:\Python27\python.exe
-      PYTHON_HOME: C:\Python27
-      PYTHON_VERSION: '2.7'
-      PYTHON_ARCH: '32'
 {% for env in tox_environments %}{{ '' }}{% if env.startswith(('py2', 'py3')) %}
     - TOXENV: '{{ env }},report'
       TOXPYTHON: C:\Python{{ env[2:4] }}\python.exe
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c6def44a..b42b07eb 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -49,21 +49,6 @@ deps =
     pyenchant
 
 
-[testenv:check]
-deps =
-    docutils
-    check-manifest
-    flake8
-    readme-renderer
-    pygments
-    isort
-skip_install = true
-commands =
-    python setup.py check --strict --metadata
-    check-manifest {toxinidir}
-    flake8 decaylanguage tests setup.py
-    isort --verbose --check-only --diff --recursive decaylanguage tests setup.py
-
 [testenv:coveralls]
 deps =
     coveralls