diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f07746d778b..8c0919d1696 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #   make deb ------------------ produce a DEB
 #   make docs ----------------- rebuild the manpages (results are checked in)
 #   make tests ---------------- run the tests (see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/testing_units.html for requirements)
-#   make pyflakes, make pep8 -- source code checks
 
 ########################################################
 # variable section
@@ -172,18 +171,6 @@ authors:
 %.1: %.1.rst lib/ansible/release.py
 	$(ASCII2MAN)
 
-.PHONY: loc
-loc:
-	sloccount lib library bin
-
-.PHONY: pep8
-pep8:
-	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) sanity --test pep8 --python $(PYTHON_VERSION) $(TEST_FLAGS)
-
-.PHONY: pyflakes
-pyflakes:
-	pyflakes lib/ansible/*.py lib/ansible/*/*.py bin/*
-
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning up distutils stuff"