From fab5072ce1396484b9caa7320da4dc3c98070adc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoFalke <*~=`'#}+{/-|&$^_@721217.xyz>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:23:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: Remove vulture

---
 ci/lint/01_install.sh              |  3 +--
 test/lint/README.md                |  1 -
 test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.py | 41 ------------------------------
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 44 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100755 test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.py

diff --git a/ci/lint/01_install.sh b/ci/lint/01_install.sh
index 4cf695b817b..9372df5a9bd 100755
--- a/ci/lint/01_install.sh
+++ b/ci/lint/01_install.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ ${CI_RETRY_EXE} pip3 install \
   lief==0.16.6 \
   mypy==1.19.1 \
   pyzmq==27.1.0 \
-  ruff==0.15.5 \
-  vulture==2.14
+  ruff==0.15.5
 
 SHELLCHECK_VERSION=v0.11.0
 curl -sL "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz" | \
diff --git a/test/lint/README.md b/test/lint/README.md
index e98522a7e60..08703ab8efb 100644
--- a/test/lint/README.md
+++ b/test/lint/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ or `--help`:
 | [`lint-python.py`](/test/lint/lint-python.py) | [lief](https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF)
 | [`lint-python.py`](/test/lint/lint-python.py) | [mypy](https://github.com/python/mypy)
 | [`lint-python.py`](/test/lint/lint-python.py) | [pyzmq](https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq)
-| [`lint-python-dead-code.py`](/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.py) | [vulture](https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture)
 | [`lint-shell.py`](/test/lint/lint-shell.py) | [ShellCheck](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck)
 | `py_lint` | [ruff](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
 | markdown link check | [mlc](https://github.com/becheran/mlc)
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.py b/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.py
deleted file mode 100755
index cd6471e2ab7..00000000000
--- a/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2022-present The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-"""
-Find dead Python code.
-"""
-
-from subprocess import check_output, STDOUT, CalledProcessError
-
-FILES_ARGS = ['git', 'ls-files', '--', '*.py']
-
-
-def check_vulture_install():
-    try:
-        check_output(["vulture", "--version"])
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        print("Skipping Python dead code linting since vulture is not installed. Install by running \"pip3 install vulture\"")
-        exit(0)
-
-
-def main():
-    check_vulture_install()
-
-    files = check_output(FILES_ARGS, text=True).splitlines()
-    # --min-confidence 100 will only report code that is guaranteed to be unused within the analyzed files.
-    # Any value below 100 introduces the risk of false positives, which would create an unacceptable maintenance burden.
-    vulture_args = ['vulture', '--min-confidence=100'] + files
-
-    try:
-        check_output(vulture_args, stderr=STDOUT, text=True)
-    except CalledProcessError as e:
-        print(e.output, end="")
-        print("Python dead code detection found some issues")
-        exit(1)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()