diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 86ec939e3..d31f89f16 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
             "black",
             "botocore",
             "flake8<=5.0.4",
-            "flake8-rst-docstrings",
             "isort",
             "jsonschema==3.2.0",
             "pre-commit",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b77ac4525..467b9ab84 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
 deps =
     flake8
-    flake8-rst-docstrings
     git+https://github.com/amazon-braket/amazon-braket-build-tools.git
 commands =
     flake8 --extend-exclude src {posargs}