diff --git a/.hookz.yaml b/.hookz.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0706261..0000000
--- a/.hookz.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-  version: 2.4.0
-  sources:
-    - source: github.com/devops-kung-fu/hinge@latest
-    - source: github.com/kisielk/errcheck@latest      
-    - source: honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
-    - source: github.com/fzipp/gocyclo/cmd/gocyclo@latest
-    - source: golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
-  hooks:
-    - type: pre-commit
-      actions:
-        - name: "git: Pull (Ensure there are no upstream changes that are not local)"
-          exec: git
-          args: ["pull"]  
-        - name: "go: Tidy mod file"
-          exec: go
-          args: ["mod", "tidy"]
-        - name: "go: Update all dependencies to latest"
-          exec: go
-          args: ["get", "-u", "./..."]
-        - name: "gofmt: Run gofmt to format the code"
-          exec: gofmt
-          args: ["-s", "-w", "**/*.go"]
-        # - name: "staticcheck: Lint all go files"
-        #   exec: staticcheck
-        #   args: ["-f", "stylish", "-checks", "all", "./..."] #to error out, add the arg "-set_exit_status"
-        - name: "errcheck: Ensure that errors are checked"
-          exec: errcheck
-          args: ["-ignoretests", "./..."]
-        - name: "govulncheck: Check for vulnerabilities"
-          exec: govulncheck
-          args: ["./..."]
-        - name: "gocyclo: Check cyclomatic complexities"
-          exec: gocyclo
-          args: ["-over", "9", "."]
-        - name: Hinge
-          exec: hinge
-          args: ["."]
-        - name: "go: Build (Ensure pulled modules do not break the build)"
-          exec: go
-          args: ["build", "-v", "./..."]
-        - name: "go: Run all tests"
-          exec: go
-          args: ["test", "-v", "-coverprofile=coverage.out", "./..."]
-        - name: "go: Test coverage"
-          exec: go
-          args: ["tool", "cover", "-func=coverage.out"]
-        - name: "git: Add all changed files during the pre-commit stage"
-          exec: git
-          args: ["add", "."]
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ec87df..5b154e0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ test: ## Runs tests and coverage
 	gcov2lcov -infile=coverage.out -outfile=coverage.lcov
 
 check: build ## Tests the pre-commit hooks if they exist
-	hookz reset --verbose
-	. .git/hooks/pre-commit
-
+	
 all: title build test ## Makes all targets
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