diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfeb625bfe..88b7aeb2bb 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,7 +143,4 @@ NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.**
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diff --git a/lgtm.yml b/lgtm.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ce9353562..0000000000
--- a/lgtm.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-path_classifiers:
-  library:
-    - external
-    - third_party
-    - pyextra
-    - tools/lib/mkvparse
-extraction:
-  cpp:
-    after_prepare:
-    - "pip3 install --upgrade --user pkgconfig cython setuptools wheel"
-    - "pip3 install --upgrade --user jinja2 pyyaml cython pycapnp numpy sympy tqdm\
-      \ cffi logentries zmq scons"
-    - "export PATH=/opt/work/.local/bin:$PATH"
-    index:
-      build_command: "scons"
-  javascript:
-    index:
-      filters:
-      - exclude: "*"