diff --git a/.github/workflows/secret-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/secret-scan.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c3f9bc1b8..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/secret-scan.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Secret scan
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 4 * * *" # run once a day at 4 AM UTC
-
-env:
-  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.12"
-
-jobs:
-  secret-scan:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Install pre-commit
-        run: pip install pre-commit
-
-      - name: Scan for secrets
-        run: pre-commit run gitleaks --all-files
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2602529d0..9061d1b59 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -72,20 +72,6 @@ repos:
           # https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8765
           - pydantic==1.10.14
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
-    rev: v8.20.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: gitleaks
-        name: gitleaks (protect)
-        description: Detect hardcoded secrets using Gitleaks
-        entry: gitleaks protect --verbose --staged
-        language: golang
-      - id: gitleaks
-        name: gitleaks (detect)
-        description: Detect hardcoded secrets using Gitleaks
-        entry: gitleaks detect --verbose --baseline-path gitleaks-report.json
-        language: golang
-
   - repo: https://github.com/awebdeveloper/pre-commit-stylelint
     rev: "0.0.2"
     hooks:
@@ -121,5 +107,4 @@ ci:
     - codespell
     - bandit
     - mypy
-    - gitleaks
     - vale
diff --git a/.vale/styles/Microsoft/ignore.txt b/.vale/styles/Microsoft/ignore.txt
index b8e14f952..7bd23f73b 100644
--- a/.vale/styles/Microsoft/ignore.txt
+++ b/.vale/styles/Microsoft/ignore.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ Codespaces
 dev
 mypy
 javascript
-gitleaks
 resizable
 LLMs
 untrusted
diff --git a/vizro-ai/hatch.toml b/vizro-ai/hatch.toml
index 9e317a7da..c74da9fc3 100644
--- a/vizro-ai/hatch.toml
+++ b/vizro-ai/hatch.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ python = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 dependencies = ["scriv"]
 detached = true
 installer = "uv"
-scripts = {add = "scriv create --add", collect = ["scriv collect --add", "- SKIP=gitleaks pre-commit run --files=CHANGELOG.md > /dev/null"]}
+scripts = {add = "scriv create --add", collect = ["scriv collect --add", "- pre-commit run --files=CHANGELOG.md > /dev/null"]}
 
 [envs.default]
 dependencies = [
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ VIZRO_AI_LOG_LEVEL = "DEBUG"
 example = "cd examples; python example.py"
 example-create-dashboard = "cd examples; python example_dashboard.py"
 example-ui = "cd examples/dashboard_ui; python app.py"
-lint = "SKIP=gitleaks pre-commit run {args} --all-files"
+lint = "pre-commit run {args} --all-files"
 pip = "'{env:HATCH_UV}' pip {args}"
 prep-release = [
   "hatch version release",
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ prep-release = [
   'echo "Now raise a PR to merge into main with title: [Release] Release of vizro-ai $(hatch version)"'
 ]
 pypath = "hatch run python -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'"
-secrets = "pre-commit run gitleaks --all-files"
 test = "pytest tests {args}"
 test-integration = "pytest -vs --reruns 1 tests/integration --headless {args}"
 test-unit = "pytest tests/unit {args}"
diff --git a/vizro-core/changelog.d/20241018_103352_antony.milne_remove_gitleaks.md b/vizro-core/changelog.d/20241018_103352_antony.milne_remove_gitleaks.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c0d58d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vizro-core/changelog.d/20241018_103352_antony.milne_remove_gitleaks.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<!--
+A new scriv changelog fragment.
+
+Uncomment the section that is right (remove the HTML comment wrapper).
+-->
+
+<!--
+### Highlights ✨
+
+- A bullet item for the Highlights ✨ category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX. ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Removed
+
+- A bullet item for the Removed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX. ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Added
+
+- A bullet item for the Added category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX. ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Changed
+
+- A bullet item for the Changed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX. ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Deprecated
+
+- A bullet item for the Deprecated category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX. ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Fixed
+
+- A bullet item for the Fixed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX. ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Security
+
+- A bullet item for the Security category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX. ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
diff --git a/vizro-core/docs/pages/explanation/contributing.md b/vizro-core/docs/pages/explanation/contributing.md
index 214efe244..89efa971c 100644
--- a/vizro-core/docs/pages/explanation/contributing.md
+++ b/vizro-core/docs/pages/explanation/contributing.md
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ Examples are run with the following settings:
 
 Our Hatch environment specifies `pre-commit` as a dependency but otherwise does not specify dependencies for linting tools. Instead, the versions of these are pinned in `.pre-commit-config.yaml`, and `pre-commit ci` raises a monthly PR to update them.
 
-We use [gitleaks](https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks) for secret scanning, which may require an [installation of `go`](https://go.dev/doc/install). By default, `hatch run lint` skips the secret scans so that it can function out of the box on all machines. To run a secret scan, run `hatch run secrets`. When executing the secret scan, there are two modes: `protect`, which can discover secrets in staged files, and `detect`, which does so in the commit history.
-
 ### `hatch run changelog:add`
 
 `hatch run changelog:add` generates a new changelog fragment. This is included in CI checks and required for all changes outside documentation.
diff --git a/vizro-core/hatch.toml b/vizro-core/hatch.toml
index 3e64f4fe9..afd1d6ad6 100644
--- a/vizro-core/hatch.toml
+++ b/vizro-core/hatch.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ matrix.python.features = [
 dependencies = ["scriv"]
 detached = true
 installer = "uv"
-scripts = {add = "scriv create --add", collect = ["scriv collect --add", "- SKIP=gitleaks pre-commit run --files=CHANGELOG.md > /dev/null"]}
+scripts = {add = "scriv create --add", collect = ["scriv collect --add", "- pre-commit run --files=CHANGELOG.md > /dev/null"]}
 
 [envs.default]
 dependencies = [
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ installer = "uv"
 
 [envs.default.scripts]
 example = "hatch run examples:example {args:scratch_dev}"  # shortcut script to underlying example environment script.
-lint = "SKIP=gitleaks pre-commit run {args} --all-files"
+lint = "pre-commit run {args} --all-files"
 pip = "'{env:HATCH_UV}' pip {args}"
 prep-release = [
   "hatch version release",
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ prep-release = [
 ]
 pypath = "python -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'"
 # Only run pre-commit hooks when schema is generated, not when it's checked. This keeps the check fast in CI.
-schema = ["python schemas/generate.py", 'SKIP=gitleaks pre-commit run --files="schemas/$(hatch version).json" > /dev/null']
+schema = ["python schemas/generate.py", 'pre-commit run --files="schemas/$(hatch version).json" > /dev/null']
 schema-check = ["python schemas/generate.py --check"]
-secrets = "pre-commit run gitleaks --all-files"
 # Note `hatch run test` currently fails due to interference between integration tests and unit tests. Ideally we would
 # fix this, but we don't actually use `hatch run test` anywhere right now.
 # See comments added in https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/444.