diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-pr.yaml
index 107b4ee60e..f17000af36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-pr.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ jobs:
             perl: ./**/perl/**
             puppet: ./**/puppet/**
             python-3-pypy: ./**/python-3-pypy/**
-            r: ./**/r/**
             reasonml: ./**/reasonml/**
             ruby-rails: ./**/ruby-rails/**
             ruby-sinatra: ./**/ruby-sinatra/**
diff --git a/containers/r/README.md b/containers/r/README.md
index 7195f00350..2f4fe49560 100644
--- a/containers/r/README.md
+++ b/containers/r/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**IMPORTANT NOTE: The `R` template is now hosted by the community author in the repo [rocker-org/devcontainer-templates](https://github.com/rocker-org/devcontainer-templates/tree/main/src/r-ver).**
+
 # R (Community)
 
 ## Summary
diff --git a/containers/r/devcontainer-template.json b/containers/r/devcontainer-template.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ed93a6ae54..0000000000
--- a/containers/r/devcontainer-template.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"id": "r",
-	"version": "1.0.0",
-	"name": "R",
-	"description": "Perform statistical computing using the R language on Linux. Includes R and needed extensions.",
-	"documentationURL": "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/main/containers/r",
-	"publisher": "Community",
-	"licenseURL": "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/blob/main/LICENSE",
-	"options": {
-		"imageVariant": {
-			"type": "string",
-			"description": "R version:",
-			"proposals": [
-				"4",
-				"4.2",
-				"4.1",
-				"4.0"
-			],
-			"default": "4"
-		},
-		"baseVariant": {
-			"type": "string",
-			"description": "Base image. Minimal (r-ver), tidyverse installed (tidyverse), or full image (binder):",
-			"proposals": [
-				"rocker/r-ver",
-				"rocker/tidyverse",
-				"rocker/binder"
-			],
-			"default": "rocker/r-ver"
-		},
-		"installZsh": {
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"description": "Install ZSH!?",
-			"default": "true"
-		},
-		"upgradePackages": {
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"description": "Upgrade OS packages to their latest versions",
-			"default": "false"
-		},
-		"enableJupyter": {
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"description": "Enable vscode-jupyter support",
-			"default": "false"
-		}
-	},
-	"platforms": [
-		"R"
-	]
-}