diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e19ae3059..c6ecda458 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ Run the test suite:
 $ cargo test --all
 ```
 
-To emulate all the tests that will run on a Pull Request, run:
-
-```bash
-$ ./ci/run-local.sh
-```
-
 Local Testnet
 ---
 
diff --git a/ci/run-local.sh b/ci/run-local.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3fce495c2..000000000
--- a/ci/run-local.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Run the entire buildkite CI pipeline locally for pre-testing before sending a
-# Github pull request
-#
-set -e
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
-BKRUN=ci/node_modules/.bin/bkrun
-
-if [[ ! -x $BKRUN ]]; then
-  (
-    set -x
-    cd ci/
-    npm install bkrun
-  )
-fi
-
-set -x
-exec ./ci/node_modules/.bin/bkrun ci/buildkite.yml