diff --git a/Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/package.xml b/Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/package.xml
index 6c0edce918a4bc..69e8dae65eda8d 100644
--- a/Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/package.xml
+++ b/Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/package.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
socat
ament_copyright
-
-
ament_pep257
ardupilot_sitl
launch
diff --git a/Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/test/test_flake8.py b/Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/test/test_flake8.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 17771247a54724..00000000000000
--- a/Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/test/test_flake8.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""Test Python files satisfy the flake8 linter requirements."""
-from ament_flake8.main import main_with_errors
-import pytest
-
-
-@pytest.mark.flake8
-@pytest.mark.linter
-def test_flake8():
- """flake8 test case."""
- rc, errors = main_with_errors(argv=[])
- assert rc == 0, "Found %d code style errors / warnings:\n" % len(
- errors
- ) + "\n".join(errors)