diff --git a/.codespellignore b/.codespellignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 670d6502f6..0000000000
--- a/.codespellignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-aks
-ec2
-eks
-gce
-gcp
-ro
-shouldnot
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fc02895ff6..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Codespell
-on:
-  push:  
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-jobs:
-  spellcheck:
-    name: Spell Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
-    - name: Set up Python 🐍
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-    - name: Install codespell
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install codespell
-    - name: Check spelling
-      run: codespell --skip=.git,./scripts,MAINTAINERS,LICENSE,go.mod,go.sum --check-filenames --ignore-regex=.te# --ignore-words=.codespellignore
diff --git a/Dockerfile.test b/Dockerfile.test
index 23aa0e813e..37d6fdbdad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/Dockerfile.test
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ RUN OS=linux; \
       tar -xzf - -C /usr/local/bin; \
     fi; \
     curl -fsL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${RELEASE}/bin/linux/${ARCH}/kubectl -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl; \
-    chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/kubectl; \
-    pip install codespell
+    chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/kubectl; 
 
 ENV TEST_CLEANUP true