diff --git a/includes/rate-limit-check.yml b/includes/rate-limit-check.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fe04ebea2744febcb611e4e1f0c59fb5a22ce2f4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/includes/rate-limit-check.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# see https://docs.gitlab.com/13.9/ee/user/packages/dependency_proxy/#check-your-docker-hub-rate-limit
-.check-docker-hub-rate-limit:
-  stage: setup
-  image: alpine:latest
-  before_script:
-    - "apk add curl jq"
-  script:
-    - |
-      IMAGE="ratelimitpreview/test"
-      TOKEN=$(curl "https://auth.docker.io/token?service=registry.docker.io&scope=repository:$IMAGE:pull" | jq -r .token)
-      curl --head -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/$IMAGE/manifests/latest
diff --git a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
index c0e90e4566b003471a8e5ca25cf3e5501e2b359e..02a4b49f38c93713accfb23f530b7963ef90bf6b 100644
--- a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
+++ b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ include:
   - /includes/semantic-release.yml
   - /includes/kubernetes.yml
   - /includes/open-mr.yml
-  - /includes/rate-limit-check.yml # temporary
 
 variables:
   CUSTOMER_NAME: panter
@@ -254,6 +253,3 @@ stage-deploy:
 
 prod-deploy:
   extends: .prod-deploy
-
-check-docker-hub-rate-limit:
-  extends: .check-docker-hub-rate-limit # temporary