diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5fa632c..c0ff706 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 stages:
-  - check-dco
   - go-fmt
   - go-test
   - build-src
@@ -8,17 +7,6 @@ stages:
   - docker-registry-master
   - docker-registry-tags
 
-check-dco:
-  stage: check-dco
-  image: debian:buster
-  except:
-    - master
-    - tags
-  script:
-    - apt update
-    - apt install -y curl git jq
-    - bash ./scripts/check-dco
-
 build-src:
   stage: build-src
   image: debian:buster
diff --git a/scripts/check-dco b/scripts/check-dco
deleted file mode 100755
index 7c5db72..0000000
--- a/scripts/check-dco
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-emails=$(git log master..HEAD --pretty=format:'%ae' | sort | uniq)
-for email in $emails; do
-  printf "checking %s\n" "$email"
-  if ! curl -s 'https://dco.commento.io/api/has-signed' -d "email=$email" -X POST \
-         | jq '.hasSigned' \
-         | grep -q true; then
-    printf "%s has not signed the DCO: https://dco.commento.io\n" "$email"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done