diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0afe50a..f26a99a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
 
 repos:
--   repo: https://github.com/python/black
-    rev: 20.8b1
-    hooks:
-    - id: black
 -   repo: https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool
     rev: v0.12.1
     hooks:
@@ -17,13 +13,6 @@ repos:
     -   id: check-yaml
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
--   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
-    rev: pylint-2.7.1
-    hooks:
-    -   id: pylint
-        name: pylint (library code)
-        types: [python]
-        exclude: "^(docs/|examples/|tests/|setup.py$)"
 -   repo: local
     hooks:
     -   id: pylint_examples
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a69f2b5..522ee34 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ Introduction
     :target: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_asyncio/actions
     :alt: Build Status
 
-
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg
-    :target: https://github.com/psf/black
-    :alt: Code Style: Black
-
 Cooperative multitasking and asynchronous I/O
 
 The code in this library is largely based on the