diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 91fcb5bc1e..b3d24dcf02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,11 @@ jobs:
   static-analysis:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Run ShellCheck
         run: |
           shellcheck scripts/*.sh
 
-      - name: Run gofmt
-        run: |
-          ./scripts/checks.sh
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..067e109c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: golangci-lint
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  # Optional: allow read access to pull request. Use with `only-new-issues` option.
+  # pull-requests: read
+jobs:
+  golangci:
+    name: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.17
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
+          version: v1.29
+
+          # Optional: working directory, useful for monorepos
+          # working-directory: somedir
+
+          # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
+          # args: --issues-exit-code=0
+
+          # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
+          # only-new-issues: true
+
+          # Optional: if set to true then the all caching functionality will be complete disabled,
+          #           takes precedence over all other caching options.
+          # skip-cache: true
+
+          # Optional: if set to true then the action don't cache or restore ~/go/pkg.
+          # skip-pkg-cache: true
+
+          # Optional: if set to true then the action don't cache or restore ~/.cache/go-build.
+          # skip-build-cache: true
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ad9dfc3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - gofmt
diff --git a/scripts/checks.sh b/scripts/checks.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 61cc2c10d8..0000000000
--- a/scripts/checks.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
-
-go_fmt() {
-    format=$(go fmt ./...)
-    if [[ ${format} ]]; then
-        echo "go fmt failed:"
-        echo "${format}"
-        exit 1
-    else
-        echo "go fmt passed"
-    fi
-}
-
-main() {
-    cd "${BASEDIR}"/.. || return
-
-    go_fmt
-}
-
-main "$@"
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