diff --git a/.perlcriticrc b/.perlcriticrc
index 7fdede84544..e6dd3ae5b4e 100644
--- a/.perlcriticrc
+++ b/.perlcriticrc
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@ severity = 3
 
 [Perl::Critic::Policy::HashKeyQuotes]
 severity = 5
-
-[Perl::Critic::Policy::ConsistentQuoteLikeWords]
-severity = 5
diff --git a/lib/perlcritic/Perl/Critic/Policy/ConsistentQuoteLikeWords.pm b/lib/perlcritic/Perl/Critic/Policy/ConsistentQuoteLikeWords.pm
deleted file mode 100755
index b1372891ddc..00000000000
--- a/lib/perlcritic/Perl/Critic/Policy/ConsistentQuoteLikeWords.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package Perl::Critic::Policy::ConsistentQuoteLikeWords;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';
-
-use Perl::Critic::Utils qw( :severities :classification :ppi );
-
-our $VERSION = '0.0.1';
-
-sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_HIGH }
-sub default_themes   { return qw(openqa) }
-sub applies_to       { return qw(PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words) }
-
-# check that qw is used as function and only for multiple values
-# (os-autoinst coding style)
-
-sub violates {
-    my ($self, $elem) = @_;
-
-    my $desc = q{qw should be used as function};
-    my $expl = q{use qw(A B)};
-
-    if ($elem =~ m/^\Qqw(\E/) {
-        return unless $elem->parent->isa('PPI::Statement::Include');
-        # ok if there is whitespace too
-        return unless $elem =~ /^qw\(\s*\S+\s*\)$/;
-        return unless $elem->parent->isa('PPI::Statement::Include');
-        $expl = q{use MODULE 'func' for single imports};
-    }
-    return $self->violation($desc, $expl, $elem);
-}
-
-1;