diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a71f48b4045..83500617e61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ clean:
 ##############################################################################
 
 .PHONY: check-full
-check-full: update check staticcheck check-docker-compose
+check-full: update check staticcheck
 
 .PHONY: check-approvals
 check-approvals:
@@ -245,10 +245,6 @@ ifndef CHECK_HEADERS_DISABLED
 	@$(GOLICENSER) -d -exclude build -license Elasticv2 x-pack
 endif
 
-.PHONY: check-docker-compose
-check-docker-compose:
-	./script/check_docker_compose.sh $(BEATS_VERSION)
-
 check-package: build-package $(ELASTICPACKAGE)
 	@(cd build/apmpackage && $(ELASTICPACKAGE) format --fail-fast && $(ELASTICPACKAGE) lint)
 	@go run cmd/check-internal-metrics/main.go
diff --git a/script/check_docker_compose.sh b/script/check_docker_compose.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 01e3ca2386c..00000000000
--- a/script/check_docker_compose.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# This checks that image versions defined in docker-compose.yml are
-# up to date for the given branch name (master, 7.x, 7.13, etc.)
-#
-# Example usage: ./check_docker_compose.sh 7.x
-set -e
-
-SDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-BRANCH=$*
-LATEST_SNAPSHOT_VERSION=$($SDIR/latest_snapshot_version.sh $BRANCH)
-
-# latest_snapshot_version.sh returns "" if $BRANCH has no snapshot yet.
-# If no snapshot is available, just exit.
-[ -n "$LATEST_SNAPSHOT_VERSION" ] || exit 0
-
-# Check docker.elastic.co images listed in docker-compose.yml are up to date.
-# Ignore any images that don't end with "-SNAPSHOT", such as package-registry.
-IMAGES=$(grep 'image: docker.elastic.co.*-SNAPSHOT' $SDIR/../docker-compose.yml | sed 's/.*image: \(.*\)/\1/')
-for IMAGE in $IMAGES; do
-    # When using pinned snapshot versions the format is <MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<PATCH>-<BUILD_ID>-SNAPSHOT
-    # therefore disregard the "-<BUILD_ID>"
-    IMAGE_TAG=$(echo "$IMAGE" | cut -d: -f2 | sed 's#\(.*\)-\(.*\)-\(SNAPSHOT\)#\1-\3#')
-
-    if [ "$IMAGE_TAG" = "$LATEST_SNAPSHOT_VERSION" ]; then
-        printf "docker-compose.yml: image %s up to date (latest '%s' snapshot version %s)\n" "$IMAGE" "$BRANCH" "$LATEST_SNAPSHOT_VERSION"
-    else
-        printf "docker-compose.yml: image %s is out of date (latest '%s' snapshot version is %s)\n" "$IMAGE" "$BRANCH" "$LATEST_SNAPSHOT_VERSION"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done