diff --git a/scripts/ci/test-js.sh b/scripts/ci/test-js.sh
index 172ad48867..3bd68a91d6 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test-js.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test-js.sh
@@ -6,19 +6,6 @@ set -u -e -o pipefail
 readonly thisDir=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)
 source ${thisDir}/_travis-fold.sh
 
-
-# Run unit tests for our tools/ directory
-travisFoldStart "test.unit.tools"
-  # TODO(i): could this be rolled into the tools tests above? why is it separate?
-  travisFoldStart "test.unit.validate-commit-message"
-    (
-      cd tools/validate-commit-message
-      $(npm bin)/jasmine
-    )
-  travisFoldEnd "test.unit.validate-commit-message"
-travisFoldEnd "test.unit.tools"
-
-
 # Run unit tests in node
 travisFoldStart "test.unit.node"
   node --harmony ./dist/tools/tsc-watch/ node runCmdsOnly
diff --git a/tools/validate-commit-message/BUILD.bazel b/tools/validate-commit-message/BUILD.bazel
index 51cf06ccbe..29c0c64cc0 100644
--- a/tools/validate-commit-message/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tools/validate-commit-message/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ jasmine_node_test(
     srcs = glob(["*.js"]),
     data = [
         "commit-message.json",
-        "spec/support/jasmine.json",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/tools/validate-commit-message/spec/support/jasmine.json b/tools/validate-commit-message/spec/support/jasmine.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a39bc6a2..0000000000
--- a/tools/validate-commit-message/spec/support/jasmine.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "spec_dir": "",
-  "spec_files": [
-    "**/*[sS]pec.js"
-  ],
-  "helpers": [
-    "helpers/**/*.js"
-  ],
-  "stopSpecOnExpectationFailure": false,
-  "random": false
-}