diff --git a/.lgtm.yml b/.lgtm.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b1b073e2..00000000
--- a/.lgtm.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-##########################################################################################
-# Customize file classifications.                                                        #
-# Results from files under any classifier will be excluded from LGTM                     #
-# statistics.                                                                            #
-##########################################################################################
-
-##########################################################################################
-# Use the `path_classifiers` block to define changes to the default classification of    #
-# files.                                                                                 #
-##########################################################################################
-
-path_classifiers:
-  test:
-    # Exclude all files to ovveride lgtm defaults
-    - exclude: /
-    # Classify all files in the top-level directories tests/ 
-    # and merlin/examples as test code.
-    - tests
-    - merlin/examples
-
-#########################################################################################
-# Use the `queries` block to change the default display of query results.               #
-# The py/clear-text-logging-sensitive-data exclusion is due to cert and password        #
-# keywords being flagged as security leaks.                                             #
-#########################################################################################
-
-queries:
-  - include: "*"
-  - exclude: "py/clear-text-logging-sensitive-data"
-
-extraction:
-  python:
-    python_setup:
-      version: "3"
-
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21b4427b..043e0321 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Issue with escape sequences in ascii art (caught by python 3.12)
 - Bug where Flux wasn't identifying total number of nodes on an allocation
   - Not supporting Flux versions below 0.17.0
+- Removed dead lgtm link
 
 
 ## [1.12.1]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e47f7744..475e489a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
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