diff --git a/tools/scripts/ci/ensure-challenge-formatting.js b/tools/scripts/ci/ensure-challenge-formatting.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 28ff726252..0000000000
--- a/tools/scripts/ci/ensure-challenge-formatting.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-const readdirp = require('readdirp-walk');
-const { has, isEmpty, isNumber } = require('lodash');
-const ora = require('ora');
-
-const { parseMarkdown } = require('../../challenge-parser');
-const { challengeRoot, checkFrontmatter } = require('./md-testing-utils');
-
-const scrimbaUrlRE = /^https:\/\/scrimba\.com\//;
-const requiredProps = ['title', 'id', 'challengeType'];
-
-const spinner = ora('Checking challenge markdown formatting').start();
-
-readdirp({ root: challengeRoot, directoryFilter: '!_meta' })
-  .on('data', file =>
-    Promise.all([
-      isChallengeParseable(file),
-      checkFrontmatter(file, {
-        validator: challengeFrontmatterValidator(file)
-      })
-    ]).catch(err => {
-      console.info(`
-  the following error occurred when testing
-
-    ${file.fullPath}
-
-    `);
-      console.error(err);
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-exit
-      process.exit(1);
-    })
-  )
-  .on('end', () => spinner.stop());
-
-const challengeFrontmatterValidator = file => frontmatter => {
-  const { fullPath } = file;
-
-  const hasRequiredProperties = requiredProps
-    .map(
-      prop =>
-        has(frontmatter, prop) &&
-        (!isEmpty(frontmatter[prop]) || isNumber(frontmatter[prop]))
-    )
-    .every(bool => bool);
-
-  if (!hasRequiredProperties) {
-    console.log(`${fullPath} is missing required frontmatter
-
-    ${JSON.stringify(frontmatter, null, 2)}
-
-    Required properties are: ${JSON.stringify(requiredProps, null, 2)}
-
-    `);
-  }
-
-  const { videoUrl } = frontmatter;
-  let validVideoUrl = false;
-  if (!isEmpty(videoUrl) && !scrimbaUrlRE.test(videoUrl)) {
-    validVideoUrl = true;
-    console.log(`
-        ${fullPath} contains an invalid videoUrl
-      `);
-  }
-
-  const { forumTopicId } = frontmatter;
-  let validForumTopicId = false;
-  if (!isEmpty(forumTopicId) && !isNumber(forumTopicId)) {
-    validForumTopicId = true;
-    console.log(`
-      ${fullPath} contains an invalid forumTopicId
-    `);
-  }
-
-  return hasRequiredProperties && validVideoUrl && validForumTopicId;
-};
-
-function isChallengeParseable(file) {
-  const { stat, fullPath } = file;
-  if (!stat.isFile() || /_meta/.test(fullPath)) {
-    return Promise.resolve(true);
-  }
-  return parseMarkdown(fullPath);
-}
diff --git a/tools/scripts/ci/ensure-guide-formatting.js b/tools/scripts/ci/ensure-guide-formatting.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a1931550be..0000000000
--- a/tools/scripts/ci/ensure-guide-formatting.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-const readdirp = require('readdirp-walk');
-const { has } = require('lodash');
-const ora = require('ora');
-
-const {
-  guideRoot,
-  checkGuideFile,
-  checkFrontmatter,
-  extractLangFromFileName
-} = require('./md-testing-utils');
-
-const spinner = ora('Checking guide markdown formatting').start();
-
-const guideFrontmatterValidator = file => frontmatter => {
-  const hasLocale =
-    extractLangFromFileName(file) === 'english'
-      ? true
-      : has(frontmatter, 'localeTitle');
-  const hasTitle = has(frontmatter, 'title');
-  return hasLocale && hasTitle;
-};
-
-readdirp({ root: guideRoot })
-  .on('data', file =>
-    Promise.all([
-      checkGuideFile(file),
-      checkFrontmatter(file, { validator: guideFrontmatterValidator(file) })
-    ]).catch(err => {
-      console.error(err);
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-exit
-      process.exit(1);
-    })
-  )
-  .on('end', () => spinner.stop());
diff --git a/tools/scripts/ci/md-testing-utils.js b/tools/scripts/ci/md-testing-utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 318af50226..0000000000
--- a/tools/scripts/ci/md-testing-utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const matter = require('gray-matter');
-const { dasherize } = require('../../../utils/slugs');
-
-const pass = true;
-
-const guideRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../guide');
-const challengeRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../curriculum/challenges');
-exports.guideRoot = guideRoot;
-exports.challengeRoot = challengeRoot;
-
-const allowedLangDirNames = [
-  'arabic',
-  'chinese',
-  'english',
-  'portuguese',
-  'russian',
-  'spanish'
-];
-
-exports.checkGuideFile = function checkGuideFile(file) {
-  const { stat, depth, name, fullPath } = file;
-  if (depth === 1) {
-    if (stat.isFile()) {
-      throw new Error(`${name} is not valid in the ${guideRoot} directory`);
-    }
-    if (!allowedLangDirNames.includes(name)) {
-      throw new Error(`${name} should not be in the ${guideRoot} directory`);
-    }
-  }
-  if (stat.isDirectory()) {
-    return checkDirName(name, fullPath);
-  }
-  return checkGuideFileName(name, fullPath);
-};
-
-function checkDirName(dirName, fullPath) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (dasherize(dirName) !== dirName) {
-      return reject(
-        new Error(`
-Invalid or upper case character found in '${dirName}', please use '-' for spaces
-and all folder names must be lower case. Valid characters are [a-z0-9\\-.].
-
-  Found in:
-    ${fullPath}
-`)
-      );
-    }
-    return resolve(pass);
-  });
-}
-
-function checkGuideFileName(fileName, fullPath) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (fileName !== 'index.md') {
-      return reject(
-        new Error(
-          `${fileName} is not a valid file name, please use 'index.md'
-
-      Found in:
-        ${fullPath}
-    `
-        )
-      );
-    }
-    return resolve(pass);
-  });
-}
-
-exports.checkFrontmatter = function checkFrontmatter(
-  { fullPath, stat },
-  options = {
-    validator() {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-) {
-  if (!stat.isFile()) {
-    return Promise.resolve(pass);
-  }
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
-    fs.readFile(fullPath, 'utf8', (err, content) => {
-      if (err) {
-        return reject(new Error(err));
-      }
-      try {
-        const { data: frontmatter } = matter(content);
-        const { validator } = options;
-        if (!validator(frontmatter)) {
-          return reject(
-            new Error(
-              `The article at: ${fullPath} failed frontmatter validation.`
-            )
-          );
-        }
-        return resolve(pass);
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.log(`
-
-  The below occurred in:
-
-  ${fullPath}
-
-  `);
-        throw e;
-      }
-    })
-  );
-};
-
-function extractLangFromFileName({ path: relativePath }) {
-  return relativePath.split(path.sep)[0];
-}
-
-exports.extractLangFromFileName = extractLangFromFileName;