diff --git a/utils/doclint/cli.js b/utils/doclint/cli.js
index 2b5ec98da7f..a7c64c74220 100755
--- a/utils/doclint/cli.js
+++ b/utils/doclint/cli.js
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ async function run() {
       Source.readFile(path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'README.md'))
     ]);
 
-    const toc = require('./toc');
-    messages.push(...await toc(mdSources));
-
     const preprocessor = require('./preprocessor');
     messages.push(...await preprocessor(mdSources, VERSION));
 
diff --git a/utils/doclint/toc.js b/utils/doclint/toc.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce5e42eed2..00000000000
--- a/utils/doclint/toc.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * 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.
- */
-
-const markdownToc = require('markdown-toc');
-const Message = require('./Message');
-
-/**
- * @param {!Array<!Source>} sources
- * @return {!Array<!Message>}
- */
-module.exports = function(sources) {
-  const warnings = [];
-  for (const source of sources) {
-    const newText = markdownToc.insert(source.text());
-    if (source.setText(newText))
-      warnings.push('Regenerated table-of-contexts: ' + source.projectPath());
-  }
-  return warnings.map(warning => Message.warning(warning));
-};