diff --git a/checkcode.py b/checkcode.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cedcc6497..000000000
--- a/checkcode.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-from subprocess import call
-import os
-Import("env")
-
-
-def code_check(source, target, env):
-    print("\n** Starting cppcheck...")
-    call(["cppcheck", os.getcwd()+"/.", "--force", "--enable=all"])
-    print("\n** Finished cppcheck...\n")
-    print("\n** Starting cpplint...")
-    call(["cpplint", "--extensions=ino,cpp,h", "--filter=-legal/copyright,-build/include,-whitespace",
-          "--linelength=120", "--recursive", "src"])
-    print("\n** Finished cpplint...")
-
-#my_flags = env.ParseFlags(env['BUILD_FLAGS'])
-#defines = {k: v for (k, v) in my_flags.get("CPPDEFINES")}
-# print defines
-# print env.Dump()
-
-
-#  built in targets: (buildprog, size, upload, program, buildfs, uploadfs, uploadfsota)
-env.AddPreAction("buildprog", code_check)
-# env.AddPostAction(.....)
-
-# see http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/advanced_scripting.html#before-pre-and-after-post-actions
-# env.Replace(PROGNAME="firmware_%s" % defines.get("VERSION"))
-env.Replace(PROGNAME="firmware_%s" % env['BOARD'])