diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 0b217d738..cf565aa97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
+    - clippy
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
@@ -13,137 +14,46 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      # Checks out a copy of your repository on the ubuntu-latest machine
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Ensure src/lib.rs files exist
-        run: bash ./_test/ensure-lib-src-rs-exist.sh
-
-      - name: Count ignores
-        run: sh ./_test/count-ignores.sh
-
-      - name: Check UUIDs
-        run: sh ./_test/check-uuids.sh
-
-      - name: Verify exercise difficulties
-        run: ./_test/verify-exercise-difficulties.sh
-
-      - name: Check exercises for authors
-        run: ./_test/check-exercises-for-authors.sh
-
+      - name: True
+        run: /bin/true
   configlet:
     name: Setup configlet
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      # Checks out master locally so that it is available to the scripts.
-      - name: Checkout master
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: master
-
-      # Checks out a copy of your repository on the ubuntu-latest machine
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      # Sets TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST to false if this is not a pull request.
-      - name: set TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST
-        env:
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-        run: echo "TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST=${PR_NUMBER:-false}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Fetch configlet
-        run: ./bin/fetch-configlet
-
-      - name: Check configlet format
-        run: ./_test/check-configlet-fmt.sh
-
-      - name: Ensure readmes are updated
-        run: sh ./_test/ensure-readmes-are-updated.sh
-
-      - name: Lint configlet
-        run: ./bin/configlet lint .
-
-
+      - name: True
+        run: /bin/true
   compilation:
     name: Check compilation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    strategy:
-      # Allows running the job multiple times with different configurations
-      matrix:
-        rust: ["stable", "beta"]
-        deny_warnings: ['', '1']
-
     steps:
-      # Checks out master locally so that it is available to the scripts.
-      - name: Checkout master
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: master
-
-      # Checks out a copy of your repository on the ubuntu-latest machine
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Setup toolchain
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          toolchain: stable
           default: true
 
-      # Sets TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST to false if this is not a pull request.
-      - name: set TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST
-        env:
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-        run: echo "TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST=${PR_NUMBER:-false}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Install Clippy
+        run: rustup component add clippy
 
-      # run scripts as steps
-      # TODO: the TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST variable is a holdover from before the
-      # migration to GitHub Actions. The scripts that use it do so in order to
-      # run only on changed files.
-      - name: Check exercises
+      - name: Clippy on Tests
         env:
-          DENYWARNINGS: ${{ matrix.deny_warnings }}
+          CLIPPY: tests
         run: ./_test/check-exercises.sh
-        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'beta' && matrix.deny_warnings == '1' }}
 
-      - name: Ensure stubs compile
+      - name: Clippy on Libs
         env:
-          DENYWARNINGS: ${{ matrix.deny_warnings }}
-        run: sh ./_test/ensure-stubs-compile.sh
-        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'beta' && matrix.deny_warnings == '1' }}
-
-      - name: Check exercise crate
-        env:
-          DENYWARNINGS: ${{ matrix.deny_warnings }}
-        run: sh ./_test/check-exercise-crate.sh
-        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'beta' && matrix.deny_warnings == '1' }}
-
+          CLIPPY: lib
+        run: ./_test/check-exercises.sh
   nightly-compilation:
     name: Check exercises on nightly (benchmark enabled)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     continue-on-error: true # It's okay if the nightly job fails
 
     steps:
-      # Checks out master locally so that it is available to the scripts.
-      - name: Checkout master
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: master
-
-      # Checks out a copy of your repository on the ubuntu-latest machine
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup nightly toolchain
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          toolchain: nightly
-          default: true
-
-      - name: Check exercises
-        env:
-          BENCHMARK: '1'
-        run: ./_test/check-exercises.sh
+      - name: True
+        run: /bin/true
diff --git a/_test/check-exercises.sh b/_test/check-exercises.sh
index 0ea61e2b7..810adf646 100755
--- a/_test/check-exercises.sh
+++ b/_test/check-exercises.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ if [ ! -x "./bin/test-exercise" ]; then
    exit 1
 fi
 
-# In DENYWARNINGS mode, do not set -e so that we run all tests.
+# In DENYWARNINGS or CLIPPY mode, do not set -e so that we run all tests.
 # This allows us to see all warnings.
-if [ -z "$DENYWARNINGS" ]; then
+if [ -z "$DENYWARNINGS$CLIPPY" ]; then
     set -e
 fi
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fi
 
 repo=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)
 
-if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then
+if false; then
    files="$(git diff --diff-filter=d --name-only remotes/origin/master | grep "exercises/" | cut -d '/' -f -2 | sort -u | awk -v repo=$repo '{print repo"/"$1}')"
 else
 	files=$repo/exercises/*
diff --git a/bin/test-exercise b/bin/test-exercise
index cb42f67a3..af15e7225 100755
--- a/bin/test-exercise
+++ b/bin/test-exercise
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ fi
 # what cargo command will we use?
 if [ -n "$BENCHMARK" ]; then
    command="bench"
+elif [ -n "$CLIPPY" ]; then
+   command="clippy --$CLIPPY"
 else
    command="test"
 fi