diff --git a/precommit-hooks/find-data-files b/precommit-hooks/find-data-files
deleted file mode 100644
index 638ebec..0000000
--- a/precommit-hooks/find-data-files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-result="$(find roles/*/{files,templates} -type f -exec file {} \; | grep -Ev ASCII\ text\||JSON|empty\|Unicode\ text | grep -v motd.txt.j2)"
-if [ -n "$result" ]; then
-    echo "These files need to be evaluated -- generally, don't commit data files to Git."
-    echo "$result"
-    exit 1
-fi
-exit 0
diff --git a/precommit-hooks/make-sure-hooks-synced b/precommit-hooks/make-sure-hooks-synced
deleted file mode 100644
index f11f8fe..0000000
--- a/precommit-hooks/make-sure-hooks-synced
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-if [ `git ls-files -m | grep precommit-hooks/ | wc -l` != '0' ]; then
-    echo 'Hooks have changed and need to be added. Run `git add precommit-hooks`'
-    exit 1
-fi