diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg b/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
index 8a4b894ef..03f8c5c31 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ sub check_msg($$)
   $buf =~ m!https://lists\.gnu\.org/archive/html/!s
     and return "use '/r/' in place of '/archive/html/' in lists.gnu.org URLs";
 
-  $buf =~ /^ *Signed-off-by:/mi
-    and return q(do not use "Signed-off-by:");
-
   return '';
 }