diff --git a/.ci/lib.sh b/.ci/lib.sh
index 47eacc2d..983cd5e3 100644
--- a/.ci/lib.sh
+++ b/.ci/lib.sh
@@ -3,23 +3,24 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-export tests_repo="${tests_repo:-github.com/kata-containers/tests}"
-export tests_repo_dir="$GOPATH/src/$tests_repo"
+export kata_repo="${tests_repo:-github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers}"
+export kata_repo_dir="$GOPATH/src/$kata_repo"
+export kata_default_branch="${kata_default_branch:-main}"
 
-clone_tests_repo()
-{
-	# KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK is (has to be) ignored if there is
-	# no existing clone.
-	if [ -d "$tests_repo_dir" -a -n "$KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK" ]
-	then
-		return
-	fi
 
-	go get -d -u "$tests_repo" || true
+clone_kata_repo() {
+	if [ ! -d "${kata_repo_dir}" ]; then
+		mkdir -p "${kata_repo_dir}"
+		git clone ${kata_repo} "${kata_repo_dir}" || true
+		pushd "${kata_repo_dir}" || exit
+		# Checkout to default branch
+		git checkout "${kata_default_branch}"
+		popd || exit
+	fi
 }
 
 run_static_checks()
 {
-	clone_tests_repo
-	bash "$tests_repo_dir/.ci/static-checks.sh" "github.com/kata-containers/community"
+	clone_kata_repo
+	bash "${kata_repo_dir}/tests/static-checks.sh" "github.com/kata-containers/community"
 }
diff --git a/.ci/run.sh b/.ci/run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 951be641..00000000
--- a/.ci/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-set -e
-
-# No explicit tests currently
-true
diff --git a/.ci/setup.sh b/.ci/setup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 26c895ba..00000000
--- a/.ci/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-set -e
-
-cidir=$(dirname "$0")
-source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
-
-clone_tests_repo
-
-pushd "${tests_repo_dir}"
-.ci/setup.sh
-popd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8743bc32..8afe5ee9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -2,41 +2,17 @@ on: ["pull_request"]
 name: Static checks
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      GO111MODULE: off
-      TRAVIS: "true"
-      TRAVIS_BRANCH: ${{ github.base_ref }}
-      TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-      TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA : ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-    - name: Install Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-      with:
-        go-version: 1.19.3
-    - name: Setup GOPATH
-      run: |
-        gopath_org=$(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/kata-containers/
-        mkdir -p ${gopath_org}
-        ln -s ${PWD} ${gopath_org}
-        echo "TRAVIS_BRANCH: ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
-        echo "TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH: ${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH}"
-        echo "TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA: ${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA}"
-        echo "TRAVIS: ${TRAVIS}"
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Setup travis references
-      run: |
-        echo "TRAVIS_BRANCH=${TRAVIS_BRANCH:-$(echo $GITHUB_REF | awk 'BEGIN { FS = \"/\" } ; { print $3 }')}" 
-    - name: Setup
-      run: |
-        community_repo=$(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/kata-containers/community
-        pushd ${community_repo}
-        GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH) .ci/setup.sh 
-    - name: Running static checks
-      run: |
-        community_repo=$(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/kata-containers/community
-        pushd ${community_repo}
-        GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH) .ci/static-checks.sh
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get -y install moreutils hunspell hunspell-en-gb hunspell-en-us pandoc
+
+      - name: Running static checks
+        run: |
+          .ci/static-checks.sh