diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_sources_and_headers.py b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_sources_and_headers.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 57ae5c5acc4..00000000000
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_sources_and_headers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from __future__ import print_function
-
-import json
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-
-root = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), '../../..'))
-with open(
-        os.path.join(root, 'tools', 'run_tests', 'generated',
-                     'sources_and_headers.json')) as f:
-    js = json.loads(f.read())
-
-re_inc1 = re.compile(r'^#\s*include\s*"([^"]*)"')
-assert re_inc1.match('#include "foo"').group(1) == 'foo'
-re_inc2 = re.compile(r'^#\s*include\s*<((grpc|grpc\+\+)/[^"]*)>')
-assert re_inc2.match('#include <grpc++/foo>').group(1) == 'grpc++/foo'
-
-
-def get_target(name):
-    for target in js:
-        if target['name'] == name:
-            return target
-    assert False, 'no target %s' % name
-
-
-def get_headers_transitive():
-    """Computes set of headers transitively provided by each target"""
-    target_headers_transitive = {}
-    for target in js:
-        target_name = target['name']
-        assert not target_headers_transitive.has_key(target_name)
-        target_headers_transitive[target_name] = set(target['headers'])
-
-    # Make sure each target's transitive headers contain those
-    # of their dependencies. If not, add them and continue doing
-    # so until we get a full pass over all targets without any updates.
-    closure_changed = True
-    while closure_changed:
-        closure_changed = False
-        for target in js:
-            target_name = target['name']
-            for dep in target['deps']:
-                headers = target_headers_transitive[target_name]
-                old_count = len(headers)
-                headers.update(target_headers_transitive[dep])
-                if old_count != len(headers):
-                    closure_changed = True
-    return target_headers_transitive
-
-
-# precompute transitive closure of headers provided by each target
-target_headers_transitive = get_headers_transitive()
-
-
-def target_has_header(target, name):
-    if name in target_headers_transitive[target['name']]:
-        return True
-    if name.startswith('absl/'):
-        return True
-    if name in [
-            'src/core/lib/profiling/stap_probes.h',
-            'src/proto/grpc/reflection/v1alpha/reflection.grpc.pb.h'
-    ]:
-        return True
-    return False
-
-
-def produces_object(name):
-    return os.path.splitext(name)[1] in ['.c', '.cc']
-
-
-c_ish = {}
-obj_producer_to_source = {'c': c_ish, 'c++': c_ish, 'csharp': {}}
-
-errors = 0
-for target in js:
-    if not target['third_party']:
-        for fn in target['src']:
-            with open(os.path.join(root, fn)) as f:
-                src = f.read().splitlines()
-            for line in src:
-                m = re_inc1.match(line)
-                if m:
-                    if not target_has_header(target, m.group(1)):
-                        print(
-                            'target %s (%s) does not name header %s as a dependency'
-                            % (target['name'], fn, m.group(1)))
-                        errors += 1
-                m = re_inc2.match(line)
-                if m:
-                    if not target_has_header(target, 'include/' + m.group(1)):
-                        print(
-                            'target %s (%s) does not name header %s as a dependency'
-                            % (target['name'], fn, m.group(1)))
-                        errors += 1
-    if target['type'] in ['lib', 'filegroup']:
-        for fn in target['src']:
-            language = target['language']
-            if produces_object(fn):
-                obj_base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(fn))[0]
-                if obj_base in obj_producer_to_source[language]:
-                    if obj_producer_to_source[language][obj_base] != fn:
-                        print(
-                            'target %s (%s) produces an aliased object file with %s'
-                            % (target['name'], fn,
-                               obj_producer_to_source[language][obj_base]))
-                else:
-                    obj_producer_to_source[language][obj_base] = fn
-
-assert errors == 0
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
index a15473db0f2..ac0d4c70e5d 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_bazel_workspace.py
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_cache_mk.sh
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_owners.sh
-- script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_sources_and_headers.py
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_shellcheck.sh
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_test_filtering.py