diff --git a/config_defaults.yml b/config_defaults.yml
index ec7abe3832c72a428dfd0e01876b849090aad8c8..b39e1f39442f6f9f0fd5e27da5b941f047fb13b9 100644
--- a/config_defaults.yml
+++ b/config_defaults.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ common:
     - '/spec/'
     - '/.vscode/'
     - '/.sync.yml'
-    - '/.devcontainer/'
 .yardopts:
   markup: markdown
 Rakefile:
diff --git a/moduleroot/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/moduleroot/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ed4ff109624ca4b2696bdfa6638dcf8967fcbe..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/moduleroot/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-FROM puppet/pdk:latest
-
-# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional packages.
-# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
-
diff --git a/moduleroot/.devcontainer/README.md b/moduleroot/.devcontainer/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a719361689897b67e53c12da1c50e68c5b8c7dc8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/moduleroot/.devcontainer/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# devcontainer
-
-
-For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. 
-
-For config options, see the README at:
-https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.140.1/containers/puppet
- 
-``` json
-{
-	"name": "Puppet Development Kit (Community)",
-	"dockerFile": "Dockerfile",
-
-	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
-	"settings": {
-		"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
-			"bash": {
-				"path": "bash",
-			}
-		}
-	},
-
-	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
-	"extensions": [
-		"puppet.puppet-vscode",
-		"rebornix.Ruby"
-	],
-
-	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
-	"forwardPorts": [],
-
-	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
-	"postCreateCommand": "pdk --version",
-}
-```
-
-
-
diff --git a/moduleroot/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/moduleroot/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cdd65d220af6f17adfbbbcf66b108888a96697c6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/moduleroot/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"name": "Puppet Development Kit (Community)",
-	"dockerFile": "Dockerfile",
-
-	"settings": {
-		"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
-			"bash": {
-				"path": "bash"
-			}
-		}
-	},
-
-	"extensions": [
-		"puppet.puppet-vscode",
-		"rebornix.Ruby"
-	]
-}