diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
deleted file mode 100644
index e31949dcc..000000000
--- a/.yamllint
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-extends: default
-ignore: |
-  .tox
-
-rules:
-  braces:
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
-    level: error
-  brackets:
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
-    level: error
-  document-start: disable
-  empty-lines:
-    max: 1
-    max-end: 2
-  indentation:
-    level: error
-    indent-sequences: consistent
-  line-length: disable
-  truthy: false
diff --git a/bin/dib-lint b/bin/dib-lint
index 5048bc9bf..5cdeb0c2a 100755
--- a/bin/dib-lint
+++ b/bin/dib-lint
@@ -276,7 +276,17 @@ fi
 echo "Checking YAML parsing..."
 for i in $(find $ELEMENTS_DIR -type f -name '*.yaml'); do
     echo "Parsing  $i"
-    yamllint -s -f parsable $i
+    py_check="
+import yaml
+import sys
+try:
+    objs = yaml.safe_load(open('$i'))
+except yaml.parser.ParserError:
+    sys.exit(1)
+"
+    if ! python -c "$py_check"; then
+        error "$i is not a valid YAML file"
+    fi
 done
 echo "Checking pkg-map files..."
 for i in $(find $ELEMENTS_DIR -type f \
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-run-parts/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-run-parts/package-installs.yaml
index 327cbd245..fbeb930b1 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-run-parts/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-run-parts/package-installs.yaml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dib-utils:
+dib-utils:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/growroot/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/growroot/package-installs.yaml
index a427345c9..3482d8f68 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/growroot/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/growroot/package-installs.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 growpart:
-e2fsprogs:
+e2fsprogs:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml
index 3ed6955ef..1b66417cb 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ linux-firmware-whence:
 # mirrors the default packages installed in upstream cloud images
 # to facilitate a basic network.
 NetworkManager:
-dhcp-client:
+dhcp-client:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/yamllint-c07fd31780ec8d10.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/yamllint-c07fd31780ec8d10.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6033750ba..000000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/yamllint-c07fd31780ec8d10.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-fixes:
-  - |
-    A dependency on ``yamllint`` was added because it is now
-    required by dib-lint.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b8e8eafa0..f4db11840 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyYAML>=3.12 # MIT
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
-# NOTE(ianw) in here because dib-lint uses flake8 and yamllint
+# NOTE(ianw) in here because dib-lint uses flake8
 flake8<4.0.0,>=3.6.0 # MIT
-yamllint>=1.23.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 560a57ad5..31ac5c985 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
 
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
+
+yamllint>=1.23.0