diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg b/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
deleted file mode 100755
index d240e0b2647..00000000000
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Validate commit log
-commit_regex='^Merge.+|(feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|perf|test|build|ci|chore|revert|types)(\(.+\))?: .{1,50}'
-
-if ! grep -iqE "$commit_regex" "$1"; then
-    echo
-    echo "  Error: proper commit message format is required for automated changelog generation."
-    echo
-    echo "  - Use \`npm run commit\` to interactively generate a commit message."
-    echo "  - See .github/COMMIT_CONVENTION.md for more details."
-    echo
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit b/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit
deleted file mode 100755
index 126d2ca400d..00000000000
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-files_to_lint=$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep '\.js$')
-
-if [ -n "$files_to_lint" ]; then
-  NODE_ENV=production eslint --quiet $files_to_lint
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/verify-commit-msg.js b/scripts/verify-commit-msg.js
index a5150a5f8e6..09bb0ac6df1 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-commit-msg.js
+++ b/scripts/verify-commit-msg.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const chalk = require('chalk')
-const msgPath = process.env.GIT_PARAMS
+const msgPath = process.env.GIT_PARAMS || ".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
 const msg = require('fs').readFileSync(msgPath, 'utf-8').trim()
 
 const commitRE =