diff --git a/.github/linters/kics.config b/.github/linters/kics.config
deleted file mode 100644
index e848737..0000000
--- a/.github/linters/kics.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# vim: set filetype=yaml:
-
-# https://docs.kics.io/latest/
-exclude-queries:
-  - "555ab8f9-2001-455e-a077-f2d0f41e2fb9"  # Allow not pinning to commit SHA in GitHub CI
diff --git a/project_template/.github/linters/kics.config b/project_template/.github/linters/kics.config
deleted file mode 100644
index e848737..0000000
--- a/project_template/.github/linters/kics.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# vim: set filetype=yaml:
-
-# https://docs.kics.io/latest/
-exclude-queries:
-  - "555ab8f9-2001-455e-a077-f2d0f41e2fb9"  # Allow not pinning to commit SHA in GitHub CI