diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint-go.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint-go.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fbf9b789d..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint-go.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-name: Run tests for a Go project
-run-name: "${{ inputs.project-directory }}"
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      fail-fast:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-        description: "Fail the workflow if any of the jobs fail."
-      project-directory:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-        default: "."
-        description: "The directory where the Go project is located."
-      rootless-docker:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-        description: "Run the test with rootless docker."
-      ryuk-disabled:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-        description: "Disable the ryuk container for the test."
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  # Optional: allow read access to pull request. Use with `only-new-issues` option.
-  # pull-requests: read
-
-jobs:
-  lint-go-project:
-    name: "lint: ${{ inputs.project-directory }}"
-    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    continue-on-error: false
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5
-        with:
-            go-version-file: "${{ inputs.project-directory == '' && '.' || inputs.project-directory }}/go.mod"
-            cache-dependency-path: "${{ inputs.project-directory == '' && '.' || inputs.project-directory }}/go.sum"
-        id: go
-
-      - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@971e284b6050e8a5849b72094c50ab08da042db8 # v6.1.1
-        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: v1.61.0
-          # Optional: working directory, useful for monorepos
-          working-directory: ${{ inputs.project-directory }}
-          # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
-          args: --verbose
-          # Optional: if set to true then the all caching functionality will be complete disabled,
-          #           takes precedence over all other caching options.
-          skip-cache: true
-
-      - name: generate
-        working-directory: ./${{ inputs.project-directory }}
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          make generate
-          git --no-pager diff && [[ 0 -eq $(git status --porcelain | wc -l) ]]
-    
-      - name: modVerify
-        working-directory: ./${{ inputs.project-directory }}
-        run: go mod verify
-
-      - name: modTidy
-        working-directory: ./${{ inputs.project-directory }}
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          make tidy
-          git --no-pager diff && [[ 0 -eq $(git status --porcelain | wc -l) ]]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 04d995c31a..2bee3f2688 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,26 +39,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "${{ steps.set-modified-modules-count.outputs.modules_count }} modules in the build"
           echo "${{ steps.set-modified-modules.outputs.modules }}"
 
-  lint:
-    # only run if there are modules to lint
-    if: ${{ needs.detect-modules.outputs.modules_count > 0 }}
-    needs: detect-modules
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        module: ${{ fromJSON(needs.detect-modules.outputs.modules) }}
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-lint-go.yml
-    with:
-      fail-fast: true
-      project-directory: "${{ matrix.module }}"
-      rootless-docker: false
-      ryuk-disabled: false
-
   test:
     # only run if there are modules to test
     if: ${{ needs.detect-modules.outputs.modules_count > 0  }}
     needs:
       - detect-modules
-      - lint
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: [1.22.x, 1.x]
@@ -79,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ contains(fromJSON(needs.detect-modules.outputs.modules), '') }}
     needs:
       - detect-modules
-      - lint
     name: "Test with reaper off"
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -100,7 +84,6 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ contains(fromJSON(needs.detect-modules.outputs.modules), '') }}
     needs:
       - detect-modules
-      - lint
     name: "Test with Rootless Docker"
     strategy:
       matrix: