diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 6df494e367..30721f8561 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ F: devtools/check-dup-includes.sh
 F: devtools/check-maintainers.sh
 F: devtools/check-forbidden-tokens.awk
 F: devtools/check-git-log.sh
-F: devtools/check-includes.sh
 F: devtools/check-spdx-tag.sh
 F: devtools/check-symbol-maps.sh
 F: devtools/checkpatches.sh
diff --git a/devtools/check-includes.sh b/devtools/check-includes.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 940cf0eb2a..0000000000
--- a/devtools/check-includes.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,259 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright 2016 6WIND S.A.
-
-# This script checks that header files in a given directory do not miss
-# dependencies when included on their own, do not conflict and accept being
-# compiled with the strictest possible flags.
-#
-# Files are looked up in the directory provided as the first argument,
-# otherwise build/include by default.
-#
-# Recognized environment variables:
-#
-# VERBOSE=1 is the same as -v.
-#
-# QUIET=1 is the same as -q.
-#
-# SUMMARY=1 is the same as -s.
-#
-# CC, CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS, CXX, CXXFLAGS are taken into account.
-#
-# PEDANTIC_CFLAGS, PEDANTIC_CXXFLAGS and PEDANTIC_CPPFLAGS provide strict
-# C/C++ compilation flags.
-#
-# IGNORE contains a list of globbing patterns matching files (relative to the
-# include directory) to avoid. It is set by default to known DPDK headers
-# which must not be included on their own.
-#
-# IGNORE_CXX provides additional files for C++.
-
-while getopts hqvs arg; do
-	case $arg in
-	h)
-		cat <<EOF
-usage: $0 [-h] [-q] [-v] [-s] [DIR]
-
-This script checks that header files in a given directory do not miss
-dependencies when included on their own, do not conflict and accept being
-compiled with the strictest possible flags.
-
-  -h    display this help and exit
-  -q    quiet mode, disable normal output
-  -v    show command lines being executed
-  -s    show summary
-
-With no DIR, default to build/include.
-
-Any failed header check yields a nonzero exit status.
-EOF
-		exit
-		;;
-	q)
-		QUIET=1
-		;;
-	v)
-		VERBOSE=1
-		;;
-	s)
-		SUMMARY=1
-		;;
-	*)
-		exit 1
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
-
-include_dir=${1:-build/include}
-
-: ${PEDANTIC_CFLAGS=-std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Werror}
-: ${PEDANTIC_CXXFLAGS=}
-: ${PEDANTIC_CPPFLAGS=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600}
-: ${CC:=cc}
-: ${CXX:=c++}
-: ${IGNORE= \
-	'rte_atomic_32.h' \
-	'rte_atomic_64.h' \
-	'rte_byteorder_32.h' \
-	'rte_byteorder_64.h' \
-	'generic/*' \
-	'rte_vhost.h' \
-	'rte_eth_vhost.h' \
-	'rte_eal_interrupts.h' \
-}
-: ${IGNORE_CXX= \
-	'rte_vhost.h' \
-	'rte_eth_vhost.h' \
-}
-
-temp_cc=$(mktemp -t dpdk.${0##*/}.XXX.c)
-pass_cc=
-failures_cc=0
-
-temp_cxx=$(mktemp -t dpdk.${0##*/}.XXX.cc)
-pass_cxx=
-failures_cxx=0
-
-# Process output parameters.
-
-[ "$QUIET" = 1 ] &&
-exec 1> /dev/null
-
-[ "$VERBOSE" = 1 ] &&
-output ()
-{
-	local CCV
-	local CXXV
-
-	shift
-	CCV=$CC
-	CXXV=$CXX
-	CC="echo $CC" CXX="echo $CXX" "$@"
-	CC=$CCV
-	CXX=$CXXV
-
-	"$@"
-} ||
-output ()
-{
-
-	printf '  %s\n' "$1"
-	shift
-	"$@"
-}
-
-trap 'rm -f "$temp_cc" "$temp_cxx"' EXIT
-
-compile_cc ()
-{
-	${CC} -I"$include_dir" \
-		${PEDANTIC_CPPFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} \
-		${PEDANTIC_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} \
-		-c -o /dev/null "${temp_cc}"
-}
-
-compile_cxx ()
-{
-	${CXX} -I"$include_dir" \
-		${PEDANTIC_CPPFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} \
-		${PEDANTIC_CXXFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS} \
-		-c -o /dev/null "${temp_cxx}"
-}
-
-ignore ()
-{
-	file="$1"
-	shift
-	while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do
-		case "$file" in
-		$1)
-			return 0
-			;;
-		esac
-		shift
-	done
-	return 1
-}
-
-# Check C/C++ compilation for each header file.
-
-while read -r path
-do
-	file=${path#$include_dir}
-	file=${file##/}
-	if ignore "$file" $IGNORE; then
-		output "SKIP $file" :
-		continue
-	fi
-	if printf "\
-#include <%s>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-" "$file" > "$temp_cc" &&
-		output "CC $file" compile_cc
-	then
-		pass_cc="$pass_cc $file"
-	else
-		failures_cc=$(($failures_cc + 1))
-	fi
-	if ignore "$file" $IGNORE_CXX; then
-		output "SKIP CXX $file" :
-		continue
-	fi
-	if printf "\
-#include <%s>
-
-int main()
-{
-}
-" "$file" > "$temp_cxx" &&
-		output "CXX $file" compile_cxx
-	then
-		pass_cxx="$pass_cxx $file"
-	else
-		failures_cxx=$(($failures_cxx + 1))
-	fi
-done <<EOF
-$(find "$include_dir" -name '*.h')
-EOF
-
-# Check C compilation with all includes.
-
-: > "$temp_cc" &&
-for file in $pass_cc; do
-	printf "\
-#include <%s>
-" "$file" >> $temp_cc
-done
-if printf "\
-int main(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-" >> "$temp_cc" &&
-	output "CC (all includes that did not fail)" compile_cc
-then
-	:
-else
-	failures_cc=$(($failures_cc + 1))
-fi
-
-# Check C++ compilation with all includes.
-
-: > "$temp_cxx" &&
-for file in $pass_cxx; do
-	printf "\
-#include <%s>
-" "$file" >> $temp_cxx
-done
-if printf "\
-int main()
-{
-}
-" >> "$temp_cxx" &&
-	output "CXX (all includes that did not fail)" compile_cxx
-then
-	:
-else
-	failures_cxx=$(($failures_cxx + 1))
-fi
-
-# Report results.
-
-if [ "$SUMMARY" = 1 ]; then
-	printf "\
-Summary:
- %u failure(s) for C using '%s'.
- %u failure(s) for C++ using '%s'.
-" $failures_cc "$CC" $failures_cxx "$CXX" 1>&2
-fi
-
-# Exit with nonzero status if there are failures.
-
-[ $failures_cc -eq 0 ] &&
-[ $failures_cxx -eq 0 ]
