Remove githooks

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 97f6ad43..118303e9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ changes to this document in a pull request.
   * [Building](#building)
 - [Development Tools](#development-tools)
   * [Just](#just)
-  * [Githooks](#githooks)
   * [Building the docs](#building-the-docs)
 - [Contribution workflow](#contribution-workflow)
   * [Preparing PRs](#preparing-prs)
@@ -116,11 +115,6 @@ detailed instructions.
 We support [`just`](https://just.systems/man/en/) for running dev workflow commands. Run `just` from
 your shell to see a list of available sub-commands.
 
-### Githooks
-
-To assist devs in catching errors _before_ running CI we provide some githooks. Copy the hooks in `githooks/`
-to your githooks folder or run `just githooks-install` to copy them all.
-
 ### Building the docs
 
 We build docs with the nightly toolchain, you may wish to use the following shell alias to check
diff --git a/contrib/copy-githooks.sh b/contrib/copy-githooks.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 13632db5..00000000
--- a/contrib/copy-githooks.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)
-HOOKS_DIR=$(git config --get core.hooksPath || echo "$GIT_DIR/hooks")
-
-remove_githooks() {
-	for hook in githooks/*
-	do
-		bn=$(basename "$hook")
-		echo "Removing githook $bn"
-		rm "$HOOKS_DIR/$bn"
-	done
-	exit 0
-}
-
-add_githooks() {
-	mkdir -p "$HOOKS_DIR"
-	cp -i githooks/* "$HOOKS_DIR"
-	exit 0
-}
-
-while getopts "r" flag; do
-	case $flag in
-		r) remove_githooks
-		;;
-		*) exit 1
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-add_githooks # Copy githooks by default (no options provided)
diff --git a/githooks/post-merge b/githooks/post-merge
deleted file mode 100755
index 2d78934d..00000000
--- a/githooks/post-merge
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# === RUST-BITCOIN GITHOOK ===
-
-# Scan the githooks after merge. If the user is using any of the rust-bitcoin githooks and they have changed, let them know
-# to rerun the githooks setup.
-
-# We only care about this on master
-[[ "$(git branch --show-current)" = "master" ]] || exit
-
-# Get the local githooks directory, regardless of configuration.
-GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)
-HOOKS_DIR=$(git config --get core.hooksPath || echo "$GIT_DIR/hooks")
-
-# Scan each of the hooks looking for the tag. If the tag is found, then the user is using a
-# rust-bitcoin githook. We should compare them to the repo's hooks to see if they have
-# changed in the latest git pull.
-for hook in "$HOOKS_DIR"/*
-do
-	if grep -q '=== RUST-BITCOIN GITHOOK ===' "$hook"; then
-		BN=$(basename "$hook")
-		if ! cmp --quiet "$hook" "githooks/$BN"; then
-			>&2 cat <<- EOF
-			==================================================
-			Project githooks have changed. Please inspect the
-			changes and re-run \`just githooks-install\` if
-			they are legitimate.
-
-			Remove $HOOKS_DIR/post-merge to skip this warning
-			in the future.
-			==================================================
-			EOF
-			exit
-		fi
-	fi
-done
diff --git a/githooks/pre-commit b/githooks/pre-commit
deleted file mode 100755
index 99725d3a..00000000
--- a/githooks/pre-commit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# === RUST-BITCOIN GITHOOK ===
-#
-# Verify what is about to be committed. Called by "git commit" with no
-# arguments. The hook should exit with non-zero status after issuing an
-# appropriate message if it wants to stop the commit.
-
-if git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1
-then
-	against=HEAD
-else
-	# Initial commit: diff against an empty tree object
-	against=$(git hash-object -t tree /dev/null)
-fi
-
-# If you want to allow non-ASCII filenames set this variable to true.
-allownonascii=$(git config --bool hooks.allownonascii)
-
-# Redirect output to stderr.
-exec 1>&2
-
-# Cross platform projects tend to avoid non-ASCII filenames; prevent
-# them from being added to the repository. We exploit the fact that the
-# printable range starts at the space character and ends with tilde.
-if [ "$allownonascii" != "true" ] &&
-	# Note that the use of brackets around a tr range is ok here, (it's
-	# even required, for portability to Solaris 10's /usr/bin/tr), since
-	# the square bracket bytes happen to fall in the designated range.
-	test "$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=A -z "$against" |
-	  LC_ALL=C tr -d '[ -~]\0' | wc -c)" != 0
-then
-	cat <<\EOF
-Error: Attempt to add a non-ASCII file name.
-
-This can cause problems if you want to work with people on other platforms.
-
-To be portable it is advisable to rename the file.
-
-If you know what you are doing you can disable this check using:
-
-  git config hooks.allownonascii true
-EOF
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-# If there are whitespace errors, print the offending file names and fail.
-git diff-index --check --cached "$against" -- || exit 1
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 0be0f9c2..6a508dcb 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@ check-api: (rbmt "api")
 @query-api crate command:
  {{justfile_directory()}}/contrib/api.sh $1 $2
 
-# Install githooks.
-[group('scripts')]
-githooks-install:
- {{justfile_directory()}}/contrib/copy-githooks.sh
-
-# Remove githooks.
-[group('scripts')]
-githooks-remove:
- {{justfile_directory()}}/contrib/copy-githooks.sh -r
-
 # Generate a dependency tree for workspace crates.
 [group('scripts')]
 gen-dep-tree: