diff --git a/.ci/check_linting.sh b/.ci/check_linting.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 311d52b..0000000
--- a/.ci/check_linting.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo "### Running gofmt..."
-files="$(gofmt -l .)"
-
-if [ !  -z "$files" ]; then
-	# run gofmt to print out the diff of what needs to be changed
-	gofmt -d -e .
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "### Running staticcheck..."
-staticcheck ./...
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1dee340..0e35c82 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,25 +24,13 @@ stages:
     - merge_requests
     - tags
 
-# device documentation
-gofmt linting:
-  stage: lint
-  allow_failure: true
-  <<: *only-default
-  before_script:
-    # specific mirror used because staticcheck hasn't made it to the other mirrors yet...
-    - apk -q update --repository http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing
-    - apk -q add --repository http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing go staticcheck
-  script:
-    - .ci/check_linting.sh
-
 build:
   stage: build
   <<: *only-default
   before_script:
-    - apk -q add go
+    - apk -q add go staticcheck make
   script:
-    - go build -v
-    - go test ./...
+    - make test
+    - make
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 1 week