diff --git a/.riot/requirements/16ebde6.txt b/.riot/requirements/16ebde6.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 497357b5a92..00000000000
--- a/.riot/requirements/16ebde6.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
-# by the following command:
-#
-#    pip-compile --no-annotate .riot/requirements/16ebde6.in
-#
-attrs==25.3.0
-click==8.2.1
-coverage[toml]==7.8.2
-exceptiongroup==1.3.0
-hypothesis==6.45.0
-iniconfig==2.1.0
-mock==5.2.0
-opentracing==2.4.0
-packaging==25.0
-pluggy==1.6.0
-pygments==2.19.1
-pytest==8.4.0
-pytest-cov==6.1.1
-pytest-mock==3.14.1
-slotscheck==0.17.0
-sortedcontainers==2.4.0
-tomli==2.2.1
-typing-extensions==4.14.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 967cedcfe69..608cc6ecd53 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -154,50 +154,6 @@ exclude = [
   ".worktrees",
 ]
 
-[tool.slotscheck]
-exclude-modules = '''
-(
-  ^ddtrace.(contrib|vendor)
-  | ^tests.(contrib|vendor)
-  # avoid sitecustomize modules as they start services
-  | ddtrace.bootstrap.sitecustomize
-  | ddtrace.openfeature
-  | ddtrace.internal.openfeature
-  | ddtrace.profiling.bootstrap.sitecustomize
-  | ddtrace.profiling.auto
-  # also ignore preload module to avoid exception after moving ddtrace.tracing module
-  | ddtrace.bootstrap.preload
-  # protobuf file fails to import
-  | tests.profiling.collector.pprof_3_pb2
-  | tests.profiling.collector.pprof_312_pb2
-  | tests.profiling.collector.pprof_319_pb2
-  | tests.profiling.collector.pprof_421_pb2
-  # TODO: resolve slot inheritance issues with profiling
-  | ddtrace.profiling.collector
-  | ddtrace.profiling._gevent
-  | ddtrace,appsec,iast,_taint_tracking.vendor
-  | ddtrace.appsec._ddwaf.ddwaf_types
-  | ddtrace.appsec._iast._taint_tracking
-  | ddtrace.appsec._iast._ast.aspects
-  | ddtrace.appsec._iast._taint_utils
-  | ddtrace.appsec._iast.taint_sinks.sql_injection
-  # DSM specific contribs
-  | ddtrace.internal.datastreams.kafka
-  # libdd_wrapper is a common native dependency, not a module
-  | ddtrace.internal.datadog.profiling.libdd_wrapper
-  # _ddup and _stack_v2 miss a runtime dependency in slotscheck, but ddup and stack_v2 are fine
-  | ddtrace.internal.datadog.profiling.ddup._ddup
-  | ddtrace.internal.datadog.profiling.stack_v2._stack_v2
-  # coverage has version-specific checks that prevent import
-  | ddtrace.internal.coverage.instrumentation_py3_8
-  | ddtrace.internal.coverage.instrumentation_py3_10
-  | ddtrace.internal.coverage.instrumentation_py3_11
-  | ddtrace.internal.coverage.instrumentation_py3_12
-  | ddtrace.internal.coverage.instrumentation_py3_13
-  | ddtrace.internal.coverage.instrumentation_py3_14
-)
-'''
-
 [tool.bandit]
 targets = ["ddtrace/"]
 
@@ -280,6 +236,7 @@ lint.select = [
     "F",
     "G",
     "I",
+    "PLW0244",  # redefined-slots-in-subclass
     "W",
 ]
 lint.unfixable =[
diff --git a/riotfile.py b/riotfile.py
index 112cab74662..11bef8d7862 100644
--- a/riotfile.py
+++ b/riotfile.py
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ def select_pys(min_version: str = MIN_PYTHON_VERSION, max_version: str = MAX_PYT
                 "DD_CIVISIBILITY_FLAKY_RETRY_ENABLED": "0",
             },
         ),
-        Venv(
-            name="slotscheck",
-            command="python -m slotscheck -v ddtrace/",
-            pys=["3.10"],
-            pkgs={"slotscheck": "==0.17.0"},
-        ),
         Venv(
             name="build_docs",
             command="scripts/docs/build.sh",
diff --git a/tests/suitespec.yml b/tests/suitespec.yml
index 245c21d1a95..e7295183140 100644
--- a/tests/suitespec.yml
+++ b/tests/suitespec.yml
@@ -218,12 +218,6 @@ suites:
     parallelism: 2
     runner: riot
     pattern: ^lib_injection$
-  slotscheck:
-    parallelism: 1
-    paths:
-      - 'ddtrace/**/*.py'
-    runner: riot
-    snapshot: false
   runtime:
     paths:
       - '@bootstrap'