diff --git a/git_template/hooks/post-checkout b/git_template/hooks/post-checkout
deleted file mode 100755
index ddc681fc32..0000000000
--- a/git_template/hooks/post-checkout
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-local_hook="$HOME"/.git_template.local/hooks/post-checkout
-[ -f "$local_hook" ] && . "$local_hook"
-
-.git/hooks/ctags >/dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/git_template/hooks/post-commit b/git_template/hooks/post-commit
deleted file mode 100755
index cbc1d57354..0000000000
--- a/git_template/hooks/post-commit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-local_hook="$HOME"/.git_template.local/hooks/post-commit
-[ -f "$local_hook" ] && . "$local_hook"
-
-.git/hooks/ctags >/dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/git_template/hooks/post-merge b/git_template/hooks/post-merge
deleted file mode 100755
index 30e9bd2fa0..0000000000
--- a/git_template/hooks/post-merge
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-local_hook="$HOME"/.git_template.local/hooks/post-merge
-[ -f "$local_hook" ] && . "$local_hook"
-
-.git/hooks/ctags >/dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/git_template/hooks/pre-push b/git_template/hooks/pre-push
deleted file mode 100755
index 853533567d..0000000000
--- a/git_template/hooks/pre-push
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-local_hook="$HOME"/.git_template.local/hooks/pre-push
-
-if [ -f "$local_hook" ]; then
-  . "$local_hook"
-fi