diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index fd1d6b0092..3ffdb4263d 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
 
   grunt.registerTask('default', [
-    'enforce',
     'jshint',
     'sass',
     'cssmin',
@@ -151,11 +150,4 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       done();
     });
   });
-
-  grunt.registerTask('enforce', 'Install commit message enforce script if it doesn\'t exist', function() {
-    if (!grunt.file.exists('.git/hooks/commit-msg')) {
-      grunt.file.copy('scripts/validate-commit-msg.js', '.git/hooks/commit-msg');
-      require('fs').chmodSync('.git/hooks/commit-msg', '0755');
-    }
-  });
 };
diff --git a/scripts/validate-commit-msg.js b/scripts/validate-commit-msg.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b922dafff..0000000000
--- a/scripts/validate-commit-msg.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-/*
- * https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/validate-commit-msg.js
- */
-
-/**
- * Git COMMIT-MSG hook for validating commit message
- * See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rk04jEuGfk9kYzfqCuOlPTSJw3hEDZJTBN5E5f1SALo/edit
- *
- * Installation:
- * >> cd <angular-repo>
- * >> ln -s ../../validate-commit-msg.js .git/hooks/commit-msg
- */
-var fs = require('fs');
-var util = require('util');
-
-
-var MAX_LENGTH = 100;
-var PATTERN = /^(?:fixup!\s*)?(\w*)(\(([\w\$\.\-\*/]*)\))?\: (.*)$/;
-var IGNORED = /^WIP\:/;
-var TYPES = {
-  feat: true,
-  fix: true,
-  docs: true,
-  style: true,
-  refactor: true,
-  perf: true,
-  test: true,
-  chore: true,
-  revert: true
-};
-
-
-var error = function() {
-  // gitx does not display it
-  // http://gitx.lighthouseapp.com/projects/17830/tickets/294-feature-display-hook-error-message-when-hook-fails
-  // https://groups.google.com/group/gitx/browse_thread/thread/a03bcab60844b812
-  console.error('INVALID COMMIT MSG: ' + util.format.apply(null, arguments));
-};
-
-
-var validateMessage = function(message) {
-  var isValid = true;
-
-  if (IGNORED.test(message)) {
-    console.log('Commit message validation ignored.');
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  if (message.length > MAX_LENGTH) {
-    error('is longer than %d characters !', MAX_LENGTH);
-    isValid = false;
-  }
-
-  var match = PATTERN.exec(message);
-
-  if (!match) {
-    error('does not match "<type>(<scope>): <subject>" ! was: ' + message);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  var type = match[1];
-  var scope = match[3];
-  var subject = match[4];
-
-  if (!TYPES.hasOwnProperty(type)) {
-    error('"%s" is not allowed type !', type);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Some more ideas, do want anything like this ?
-  // - allow only specific scopes (eg. fix(docs) should not be allowed ?
-  // - auto correct the type to lower case ?
-  // - auto correct first letter of the subject to lower case ?
-  // - auto add empty line after subject ?
-  // - auto remove empty () ?
-  // - auto correct typos in type ?
-  // - store incorrect messages, so that we can learn
-
-  return isValid;
-};
-
-
-var firstLineFromBuffer = function(buffer) {
-  return buffer.toString().split('\n').shift();
-};
-
-
-
-// publish for testing
-exports.validateMessage = validateMessage;
-
-// hacky start if not run by jasmine :-D
-if (process.argv.join('').indexOf('jasmine-node') === -1) {
-  var commitMsgFile = process.argv[2];
-  var incorrectLogFile = commitMsgFile.replace('COMMIT_EDITMSG', 'logs/incorrect-commit-msgs');
-
-  fs.readFile(commitMsgFile, function(err, buffer) {
-    var msg = firstLineFromBuffer(buffer);
-
-    if (!validateMessage(msg)) {
-      fs.appendFile(incorrectLogFile, msg + '\n', function() {
-        process.exit(1);
-      });
-    } else {
-      process.exit(0);
-    }
-  });
-}