diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 7a47c34ce2..a5defe05d7 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ vars = {
   'build_revision': 'c6c4a4c3ae890f2c020a087c90fb8c0b8be2816a',
   'buildtools_revision': 'e3db55b4639f2a331af6f3708ca1fbd22322aac3',
   'clang_revision': 'eb5ab41f3801e2085208204fd71a490573d72dfd',
-  'cpplint_revision': '305ac8725a166ed42e3f5dd3f80d6de2cf840ef1',
   'googletest_revision': '5c8ca58edfb304b2dd5e6061f83387470826dd87',
   'gpuweb_cts_revision': '177a4faf0a7ce6f8c64b42a715c634e363912a74',
   'spirv_headers_revision': 'dafead1765f6c1a5f9f8a76387dcb2abe4e54acd',
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@ vars = {
 }
 
 deps = {
-  'third_party/cpplint': Var('chromium_git') + Var('github') +
-      '/google/styleguide.git@' + Var('cpplint_revision'),
-
   'third_party/gpuweb-cts': Var('chromium_git') + Var('github') +
       '/gpuweb/cts.git@' + Var('gpuweb_cts_revision'),
 
diff --git a/tools/lint b/tools/lint
index 0c53516711..e61fc832de 100755
--- a/tools/lint
+++ b/tools/lint
@@ -18,20 +18,23 @@ ROOT_DIR="$( cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
 set -e  # fail on error
 
-FILTER="-runtime/references"
-
-FILES="`find src -type f` `find samples -type f`"
-
-if command -v go &> /dev/null
-then
-    # Go is installed. Run cpplint in parallel for speed wins
-    go run $SCRIPT_DIR/src/run-parallel/main.go   \
-         --only-print-failures                    \
-         ./third_party/cpplint/cpplint/cpplint.py \
-         --root=$ROOT_DIR                         \
-         --filter="$FILTER"                       \
-         $ -- $FILES
-else
-    ./third_party/cpplint/cpplint/cpplint.py --root=$ROOT_DIR --filter="$FILTER" $FILES
+if ! command -v cpplint.py &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "cpplint.py not found on PATH"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+FILTER="-runtime/references"
+FILES="`find src -type f` `find samples -type f`"
+
+if command -v go &> /dev/null; then
+    # Go is installed. Run cpplint in parallel for speed wins
+    go run $SCRIPT_DIR/src/run-parallel/main.go \
+         --only-print-failures                  \
+         cpplint.py                             \
+         --root=$ROOT_DIR                       \
+         --filter="$FILTER"                     \
+         $ -- $FILES
+else
+    cpplint.py --root=$ROOT_DIR --filter="$FILTER" $FILES
 fi