diff --git a/docs/developer/index.rst b/docs/developer/index.rst
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@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ HTML:
   2 Spaces
 
 
+Git hooks
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+To help developers maintain the above standards, Lemur includes a configuration file for Yelp's `pre-commit <http://pre-commit.com/>`_. This is an optional dependency and is not required in order to contribute to Lemur.
+
+
 Running the Test Suite
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/hooks/pre-commit b/hooks/pre-commit
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@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import glob
-import os
-import sys
-
-os.environ['PYFLAKES_NODOCTEST'] = '1'
-
-# pep8.py uses sys.argv to find setup.cfg
-sys.argv = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir, os.pardir)]
-
-# git usurbs your bin path for hooks and will always run system python
-if 'VIRTUAL_ENV' in os.environ:
-    site_packages = glob.glob(
-        '%s/lib/*/site-packages' % os.environ['VIRTUAL_ENV'])[0]
-    sys.path.insert(0, site_packages)
-
-
-def py_lint(files_modified):
-    from flake8.engine import get_style_guide
-
-    # remove non-py files and files which no longer exist
-    files_modified = filter(lambda x: x.endswith('.py'), files_modified)
-
-    flake8_style = get_style_guide(parse_argv=True)
-    report = flake8_style.check_files(files_modified)
-
-    return report.total_errors != 0
-
-
-def main():
-    from flake8.hooks import run
-
-    gitcmd = "git diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD"
-
-    _, files_modified, _ = run(gitcmd)
-
-    files_modified = filter(lambda x: os.path.exists(x), files_modified)
-
-    if py_lint(files_modified):
-        return 1
-    return 0
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())
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