diff --git a/dev/linter.sh b/dev/linter.sh
index b1d32c25..ae0892ba 100755
--- a/dev/linter.sh
+++ b/dev/linter.sh
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 
 # Run this script at project root by "./dev/linter.sh" before you commit
 
-{
-  V=$(black --version|cut '-d ' -f3)
-  code='import distutils.version; assert "19.3" < distutils.version.LooseVersion("'$V'")'
-  PYTHON=false
-  command -v python > /dev/null && PYTHON=python
-  command -v python3 > /dev/null && PYTHON=python3
-  ${PYTHON} -c "${code}" 2> /dev/null
-} || {
-  echo "Linter requires black 19.3b0 or higher!"
-  exit 1
-}
-
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 DIR=$(dirname "${DIR}")
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d4a0f94c..6b3f6800 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=["fvcore", "iopath"],
     extras_require={
         "all": ["matplotlib", "tqdm>4.29.0", "imageio", "ipywidgets"],
-        "dev": ["flake8", "usort", "black==19.3b0"],
+        "dev": ["flake8", "usort", "black==22.3"],
         "implicitron": ["hydra-core>=1.1", "visdom", "lpips", "matplotlib"],
     },
     entry_points={