diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bb45976f1..cc2dd2137 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: rst
         name: rst
-        entry: python scripts/check-rst.py
+        entry: rst-lint --encoding utf-8
+        files: ^(CHANGELOG.rst|HOWTORELEASE.rst|README.rst|changelog/.*)$
         language: python
         additional_dependencies: [pygments, restructuredtext_lint]
         python_version: python3.6
diff --git a/scripts/check-rst.py b/scripts/check-rst.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b7aeccc07..000000000
--- a/scripts/check-rst.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-
-from __future__ import print_function
-
-import subprocess
-import glob
-import sys
-
-sys.exit(
-    subprocess.call(
-        [
-            "rst-lint",
-            "--encoding",
-            "utf-8",
-            "CHANGELOG.rst",
-            "HOWTORELEASE.rst",
-            "README.rst",
-        ]
-        + glob.glob("changelog/[0-9]*.*")
-    )
-)