diff --git a/.ci/lib.sh b/.ci/lib.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 47eacc2d..00000000
--- a/.ci/lib.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-export tests_repo="${tests_repo:-github.com/kata-containers/tests}"
-export tests_repo_dir="$GOPATH/src/$tests_repo"
-
-clone_tests_repo()
-{
-	# KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK is (has to be) ignored if there is
-	# no existing clone.
-	if [ -d "$tests_repo_dir" -a -n "$KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK" ]
-	then
-		return
-	fi
-
-	go get -d -u "$tests_repo" || true
-}
-
-run_static_checks()
-{
-	clone_tests_repo
-	bash "$tests_repo_dir/.ci/static-checks.sh" "github.com/kata-containers/community"
-}
diff --git a/.ci/run.sh b/.ci/run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 951be641..00000000
--- a/.ci/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-set -e
-
-# No explicit tests currently
-true
diff --git a/.ci/setup.sh b/.ci/setup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 26c895ba..00000000
--- a/.ci/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-set -e
-
-cidir=$(dirname "$0")
-source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
-
-clone_tests_repo
-
-pushd "${tests_repo_dir}"
-.ci/setup.sh
-popd
diff --git a/.ci/static-checks.sh b/.ci/static-checks.sh
index b3f69aa9..08757546 100755
--- a/.ci/static-checks.sh
+++ b/.ci/static-checks.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (c) 2024 IBM Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 set -e
 
-cidir=$(dirname "$0")
-source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
+export kata_repo="${kata_repo:-github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers}"
+export kata_repo_dir="$GOPATH/src/$kata_repo"
+export kata_default_branch="${kata_default_branch:-main}"
+
+
+clone_kata_repo() {
+	if [ ! -d "${kata_repo_dir}" ]; then
+		mkdir -p "${kata_repo_dir}"
+		git clone "https://${kata_repo}.git" "${kata_repo_dir}"
+		pushd "${kata_repo_dir}" || exit
+		# Checkout to default branch
+		git checkout "${kata_default_branch}"
+		popd || exit
+	fi
+}
+
+run_static_checks()
+{
+	clone_kata_repo
+	INSTALL_IN_GOPATH=false bash "${kata_repo_dir}/ci/install_yq.sh"
+	bash "${kata_repo_dir}/tests/install_go.sh" -f -p
+	bash "${kata_repo_dir}/tests/static-checks.sh" "github.com/kata-containers/community"
+}
 
 run_static_checks
diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-issues-to-project.yaml b/.github/workflows/add-issues-to-project.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 93c31e7a..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/add-issues-to-project.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-name: Add newly created issues to the backlog project
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - reopened
-
-jobs:
-  add-new-issues-to-backlog:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Install hub
-        run: |
-          HUB_ARCH="amd64"
-          HUB_VER=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hub/releases/latest" |\
-            jq -r .tag_name | sed 's/^v//')
-          curl -sL \
-            "https://github.com/github/hub/releases/download/v${HUB_VER}/hub-linux-${HUB_ARCH}-${HUB_VER}.tgz" |\
-          tar xz --strip-components=2 --wildcards '*/bin/hub' && \
-          sudo install hub /usr/local/bin
-
-      - name: Install hub extension script
-        run: |
-          # Clone into a temporary directory to avoid overwriting
-          # any existing github directory.
-          pushd $(mktemp -d) &>/dev/null
-          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 "https://github.com/kata-containers/.github" && cd .github/scripts
-          sudo install hub-util.sh /usr/local/bin
-          popd &>/dev/null
-
-      - name: Checkout code to allow hub to communicate with the project
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Add issue to issue backlog
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.KATA_GITHUB_ACTIONS_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          issue=${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-
-          project_name="Issue backlog"
-          project_type="org"
-          project_column="To do"
-
-          hub-util.sh \
-            add-issue \
-            "$issue" \
-            "$project_name" \
-            "$project_type" \
-            "$project_column"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8743bc32..6ee37679 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -1,42 +1,22 @@
 on: ["pull_request"]
 name: Static checks
 jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  static-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     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 }}
+      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
     steps:
-    - name: Install Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-      with:
-        go-version: 1.19.3
-    - name: Setup GOPATH
-      run: |
-        gopath_org=$(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
+          path: ./src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get -y install moreutils hunspell hunspell-en-gb hunspell-en-us pandoc
+
+      - name: Running static checks
+        run: |
+          export PATH=${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}
+          ./src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}/.ci/static-checks.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/move-issues-to-in-progress.yaml b/.github/workflows/move-issues-to-in-progress.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a55340a..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/move-issues-to-in-progress.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-name: Move issues to "In progress" in backlog project when referenced by a PR
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - reopened
-
-jobs:
-  move-linked-issues-to-in-progress:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Install hub
-        run: |
-          HUB_ARCH="amd64"
-          HUB_VER=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hub/releases/latest" |\
-            jq -r .tag_name | sed 's/^v//')
-          curl -sL \
-            "https://github.com/github/hub/releases/download/v${HUB_VER}/hub-linux-${HUB_ARCH}-${HUB_VER}.tgz" |\
-          tar xz --strip-components=2 --wildcards '*/bin/hub' && \
-          sudo install hub /usr/local/bin
-
-      - name: Install hub extension script
-        run: |
-          # Clone into a temporary directory to avoid overwriting
-          # any existing github directory.
-          pushd $(mktemp -d) &>/dev/null
-          git clone --single-branch --depth 1 "https://github.com/kata-containers/.github" && cd .github/scripts
-          sudo install hub-util.sh /usr/local/bin
-          popd &>/dev/null
-
-      - name: Checkout code to allow hub to communicate with the project
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Move issue to "In progress"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.KATA_GITHUB_ACTIONS_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          pr=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-
-          linked_issue_urls=$(hub-util.sh \
-            list-issues-for-pr "$pr" |\
-            grep -v "^\#"  |\
-            cut -d';' -f3 || true)
-
-          # PR doesn't have any linked issues
-          # (it should, but maybe a new user forgot to add a "Fixes: #XXX" commit).
-          [ -z "$linked_issue_urls" ] && {
-            echo "::error::No linked issues for PR $pr"
-            exit 1
-          }
-
-          project_name="Issue backlog"
-          project_type="org"
-          project_column="In progress"
-
-          for issue_url in $(echo "$linked_issue_urls")
-          do
-            issue=$(echo "$issue_url"| awk -F\/ '{print $NF}' || true)
-
-            [ -z "$issue" ] && {
-              echo "::error::Cannot determine issue number from $issue_url for PR $pr"
-              exit 1
-            }
-
-            # Move the issue to the correct column on the project board
-            hub-util.sh \
-              move-issue \
-              "$issue" \
-              "$project_name" \
-              "$project_type" \
-              "$project_column"
-          done