diff --git a/.arclint b/.arclint
deleted file mode 100644
index 97f408b7f3..0000000000
--- a/.arclint
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "linters": {
-        "chmod": {
-            "type": "chmod"
-        },
-        "cppcheck": {
-            "type": "cppcheck",
-            "include": [
-                "(\\.cc$)",
-                "(\\.cpp$)",
-                "(\\.cxx$)",
-                "(\\.hh$)",
-                "(\\.hpp$)",
-                "(\\.hxx$)",
-                "(\\.h$)"
-            ],
-            "flags": [
-                "--language=c++",
-                "--std=c++14"
-            ]
-        },
-        "json": {
-            "type": "json",
-            "include": [
-                "(^\\.arcconfig$)",
-                "(^\\.arclint$)",
-                "(\\.json$)"
-            ]
-        },
-        "merge-conflict": {
-            "type": "merge-conflict"
-        },
-        "spelling": {
-            "type": "spelling"
-        },
-        "xml": {
-            "type": "xml",
-            "include": [
-                "(\\.xml$)"
-            ]
-        }
-    }
-}