diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 554945691b459..e6ddeffbe8604 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -156,9 +156,7 @@ epub:
 	@echo "Build finished. The epub file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub."
 
 latex:
-	$(PYTHON) docs/prepare_readme_for_latex.py
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
-	mv README.rst.bak README.rst
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
 	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through (pdf)latex" \
@@ -166,18 +164,14 @@ latex:
 
 # seems to be malfunctioning
 latexpdf:
-	$(PYTHON) docs/prepare_readme_for_latex.py
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
-	mv README.rst.bak README.rst
 	@echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
 	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
 
 # seems to be malfunctioning
 latexpdfja:
-	$(PYTHON) docs/prepare_readme_for_latex.py
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
-	mv README.rst.bak README.rst
 	@echo "Running LaTeX files through platex and dvipdfmx..."
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf-ja
 	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
diff --git a/docs/prepare_readme_for_latex.py b/docs/prepare_readme_for_latex.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a22abbdeb8a0a..0000000000000
--- a/docs/prepare_readme_for_latex.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import shutil
-
-with open("README.rst", "r") as f:
-    readme_content = f.read()
-
-shutil.copyfile("README.rst", "README.rst.bak")
-
-# turn badge into text only
-modified_readme_content = readme_content.replace("|Weblate|", "Weblate", 1)
-
-# remove image link
-badge_link_lines = """.. |Weblate| image:: https://hosted.weblate.org/widgets/circuitpython/-/svg-badge.svg
-   :target: https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/circuitpython/?utm_source=widget"""
-
-modified_readme_content = modified_readme_content.replace(badge_link_lines, "")
-
-with open("README.rst", "w") as f:
-    f.write(modified_readme_content)