diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2ce85f8a6..f7a03542b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 repos:
--   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.1.0
-    hooks:
-    -   id: black
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: 6.0.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index 51e11bf34..f589f25b1 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ virtual env and run::
   pip install -r requirements.d/development.txt
 
 
-This project utilizes pre-commit to format and lint code before it is committed.
+This project utilizes pre-commit to lint code before it is committed.
 Although pre-commit is installed when running the command above, the pre-commit hooks
 will have to be installed separately. Run this command to install the pre-commit hooks::