diff --git a/.github/actions/run-tests/Dockerfile b/.github/actions/run-tests/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index a67d9b060..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/run-tests/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-ARG BASE_VARIANT=bullseye
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.17.5
-ARG XX_VERSION=1.1.0
-
-ARG LIBGIT2_IMG=ghcr.io/fluxcd/golang-with-libgit2
-ARG LIBGIT2_TAG=libgit2-1.1.1-3
-
-FROM tonistiigi/xx:${XX_VERSION} AS xx
-FROM ${LIBGIT2_IMG}:${LIBGIT2_TAG} as libgit2
-
-FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-${BASE_VARIANT} as gostable
-
-# Copy the build utiltiies
-COPY --from=xx / /
-COPY --from=libgit2 /Makefile /libgit2/
-
-# Install the libgit2 build dependencies
-RUN make -C /libgit2 cmake
-
-RUN make -C /libgit2 dependencies
-
-# Compile and install libgit2
-RUN FLAGS=$(xx-clang --print-cmake-defines) make -C /libgit2 libgit2
-
-# Use the GitHub Actions uid:gid combination for proper fs permissions
-RUN groupadd -g 116 test && \
-    useradd -u 1001 --gid test --shell /bin/sh --create-home test
-
-# Set path to envtest binaries.
-ENV PATH="/github/workspace/envtest:${PATH}"
-
-# Run as test user
-USER test
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/sh", "-c" ]
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6679361aa..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Run tests'
-description: 'Run tests in docker container'
-inputs:
-  command:
-    description: 'Command to run inside the container'
-    required: true
-    default: 'make test'
-runs:
-  using: 'docker'
-  image: 'Dockerfile'
-  args:
-    - ${{ inputs.command }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index aec5dcd56..03ad937b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make test
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
         uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
         with:
@@ -36,11 +38,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
       - name: Setup Helm
         uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/helm@main
-      - name: Run tests
-        uses: ./.github/actions/run-tests
-        env:
-          GOROOT:
-          GOPATH: /github/home/go
       - name: Verify
         run: make verify
       - name: Run E2E tests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 546da8f3f..9eae572eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,30 +18,24 @@ CRD_OPTIONS ?= crd:crdVersions=v1
 # Repository root based on Git metadata
 REPOSITORY_ROOT := $(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
-# Libgit2 version
-LIBGIT2_VERSION ?= 1.1.1
-
 # Other dependency versions
 ENVTEST_BIN_VERSION ?= 1.19.2
 
-# libgit2 related magical paths
-# These are used to determine if the target libgit2 version is already available on
-# the system, or where they should be installed to
-SYSTEM_LIBGIT2_VERSION := $(shell pkg-config --modversion libgit2 2>/dev/null)
-LIBGIT2_PATH := $(REPOSITORY_ROOT)/hack/libgit2
+KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS?="$(shell $(ENVTEST) --arch=$(ENVTEST_ARCH) use -i $(ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION) --bin-dir=$(ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR) -p path)"
+
+LIBGIT2_PATH := $(REPOSITORY_ROOT)/build/libgit2
 LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH := $(LIBGIT2_PATH)/lib
-LIBGIT2 := $(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)/libgit2.so.$(LIBGIT2_VERSION)
+LIBGIT2_LIB64_PATH := $(LIBGIT2_PATH)/lib64
+LIBGIT2 := $(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)/libgit2.a
 
-ifneq ($(LIBGIT2_VERSION),$(SYSTEM_LIBGIT2_VERSION))
-	LIBGIT2_FORCE ?= 1
-endif
+export CGO_ENABLED=1
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)/pkgconfig:$(LIBGIT2_LIB64_PATH)/pkgconfig
+export CGO_CFLAGS=-I$(LIBGIT2_PATH)/include
 
 ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
-	LIBGIT2 := $(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)/libgit2.$(LIBGIT2_VERSION).dylib
-	HAS_BREW := $(shell brew --version 2>/dev/null)
-ifdef HAS_BREW
-	HAS_OPENSSL := $(shell brew --prefix openssl@1.1)
-endif
+	export CGO_LDFLAGS=-L$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH) -lssh2 -lssl -lcrypto -lgit2
+else
+	export CGO_LDFLAGS=-L$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH) -L$(LIBGIT2_LIB64_PATH) -lssh2 -lz -lgit2 -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -lz -ldl -pthread
 endif
 
 
@@ -56,15 +50,6 @@ else
 GOBIN=$(shell go env GOBIN)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(strip ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}),)
-	MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH = $(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)/pkgconfig
-else
-	MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH = ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)/pkgconfig
-endif
-
-ifdef HAS_OPENSSL
-	MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH := $(MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH):$(HAS_OPENSSL)/lib/pkgconfig
-endif
 
 # Architecture to use envtest with
 ENVTEST_ARCH ?= amd64
@@ -72,43 +57,21 @@ ENVTEST_ARCH ?= amd64
 all: build
 
 build: $(LIBGIT2) ## Build manager binary
-ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
-	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH) \
-	CGO_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)" \
-	go build -o bin/manager main.go
-else
-	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH) \
 	go build -o bin/manager main.go
-endif
 
-KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS?="$(shell $(ENVTEST) --arch=$(ENVTEST_ARCH) use -i $(ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION) --bin-dir=$(ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR) -p path)"
+
 test: $(LIBGIT2) install-envtest test-api  ## Run tests
-ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH) \
-	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH) \
-	CGO_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)" \
 	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS=$(KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS) \
-	go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out
-else
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH) \
-	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH) \
-	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS=$(KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS) \
-	go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out
-endif
+	go test ./... \
+		-ldflags "-s -w" \
+		-coverprofile cover.out \
+	 	-tags 'netgo,osusergo,static_build'
 
 test-api: ## Run api tests
 	cd api; go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out
 
 run: $(LIBGIT2) generate fmt vet manifests  ## Run against the configured Kubernetes cluster in ~/.kube/config
-ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH) \
-	CGO_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)" \
 	go run ./main.go
-else
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH) \
-	go run ./main.go
-endif
-
 
 install: manifests  ## Install CRDs into a cluster
 	kustomize build config/crd | kubectl apply -f -
@@ -142,16 +105,8 @@ fmt:  ## Run go fmt against code
 	cd api; go fmt ./...
 
 vet: $(LIBGIT2)	## Run go vet against code
-ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
-	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH) \
-	CGO_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)" \
 	go vet ./...
 	cd api; go vet ./...
-else
-	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(MAKE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH) \
-	go vet ./...
-	cd api; go vet ./...
-endif
 
 generate: controller-gen  ## Generate API code
 	cd api; $(CONTROLLER_GEN) object:headerFile="../hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
@@ -193,14 +148,8 @@ install-envtest: setup-envtest ## Download envtest binaries locally.
 libgit2: $(LIBGIT2)  ## Detect or download libgit2 library
 
 $(LIBGIT2):
-ifeq (1, $(LIBGIT2_FORCE))
-	@{ \
-	set -e; \
-	mkdir -p $(LIBGIT2_PATH); \
-	curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/golang-with-libgit2/$(LIBGIT2_TAG)/hack/Makefile -o $(LIBGIT2_PATH)/Makefile; \
-	INSTALL_PREFIX=$(LIBGIT2_PATH) make -C $(LIBGIT2_PATH) libgit2; \
-	}
-endif
+	IMG_TAG=$(LIBGIT2_IMG):$(LIBGIT2_TAG) ./hack/extract-libraries.sh
+
 
 .PHONY: help
 help:  ## Display this help menu
diff --git a/hack/extract-libraries.sh b/hack/extract-libraries.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7e02e5723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/extract-libraries.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+IMG_TAG="${IMG_TAG:-.}"
+
+function extract(){
+    PLATFORM=$1
+    DIR=$2
+
+    id=$(docker create --platform="${PLATFORM}" "${IMG_TAG}")
+    docker cp "${id}":/usr/local - > output.tar.gz
+    docker rm -v "${id}"
+
+    tar -xf output.tar.gz "local/${DIR}"
+    rm output.tar.gz
+}
+
+function setup() {
+    PLATFORM=$1
+    DIR=$2
+
+    extract "${PLATFORM}" "${DIR}"
+   
+    NEW_DIR="$(/bin/pwd)/build/libgit2"
+    INSTALLED_DIR="/usr/local/${DIR}"
+
+    mkdir -p "./build"
+    
+    # Make a few movements to account for the change in
+    # behaviour in tar between MacOS and Linux
+    mv "local/${DIR}" "libgit2"
+    rm -rf "local"
+    mv "libgit2/" "./build"
+
+    # Update the prefix paths included in the .pc files.
+    # This will make it easier to update to the location in which they will be used.
+    if [[ $OSTYPE == 'darwin'* ]]; then    
+        # sed has a sight different behaviour in MacOS
+        find "${NEW_DIR}" -type f -name "*.pc" | xargs -I {} sed -i "" "s;${INSTALLED_DIR};${NEW_DIR};g" {}
+    else
+        find "${NEW_DIR}" -type f -name "*.pc" | xargs -I {} sed -i "s;${INSTALLED_DIR};${NEW_DIR};g" {}
+    fi
+}
+
+function setup_current() {
+    if [ -d "./build/libgit2" ]; then
+        echo "Skipping libgit2 setup as it already exists"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
+    DIR="x86_64-alpine-linux-musl"
+    PLATFORM="linux/amd64"
+
+    if [[ "$(uname -m)" == armv7* ]]; then 
+        DIR="armv7-alpine-linux-musleabihf"
+        PLATFORM="linux/arm/v7"
+    elif [ "$(uname -m)" = "arm64" ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
+        DIR="aarch64-alpine-linux-musl"
+        PLATFORM="linux/arm64"
+    fi
+    
+    setup "${PLATFORM}" "${DIR}"
+}
+
+setup_current