diff --git a/lint.nims b/lint.nims
deleted file mode 100755
index 40e516c..0000000
--- a/lint.nims
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nim
-import std/strutils
-
-proc lintFile*(file: string) =
-  if file.endsWith(".nim"):
-    exec "nimpretty " & file
-
-proc lintDir*(dir: string) =
-  for file in listFiles(dir):
-    lintFile(file)
-  for subdir in listDirs(dir):
-    lintDir(subdir)
-
-lintDir(projectDir())
diff --git a/quic.nimble b/quic.nimble
index 1a56d30..43cde36 100644
--- a/quic.nimble
+++ b/quic.nimble
@@ -11,6 +11,3 @@ requires "nimcrypto >= 0.5.4 & < 0.6.0"
 requires "ngtcp2 >= 0.32.0 & < 0.33.0"
 requires "upraises >= 0.1.0 & < 0.2.0"
 requires "asynctest >= 0.2.1 & < 0.3.0"
-
-task lint, "format source files according to the official style guide":
-  exec "./lint.nims"