diff --git a/builder/.github/workflows/go.yaml b/.github/workflows/builder-ci.yaml
similarity index 91%
rename from builder/.github/workflows/go.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/builder-ci.yaml
index f7893d6fb4f..6f6be595bf9 100644
--- a/builder/.github/workflows/go.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builder-ci.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@ name: "Continuous Integration"
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'builder/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'builder/**'
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: builder
 
 jobs:
   unit-tests:
diff --git a/builder/.github/workflows/integration-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/builder-integration-test.yaml
similarity index 78%
rename from builder/.github/workflows/integration-test.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/builder-integration-test.yaml
index 7fbe81bcbac..1891b51920b 100644
--- a/builder/.github/workflows/integration-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builder-integration-test.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@ name: Integration tests
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'builder/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'builder/**'
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: builder
 
 jobs:
   integration-test:
diff --git a/builder/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/builder-release.yml
similarity index 95%
rename from builder/.github/workflows/release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/builder-release.yml
index 8cb55ebb47a..b6b3dcc8a9c 100644
--- a/builder/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builder-release.yml
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: latest
           args: release --rm-dist
+          workdir: builder
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/builder/.github/CODEOWNERS b/builder/.github/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c8dc2a8f8..00000000000
--- a/builder/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#####################################################
-#
-# List of approvers for OpenTelemetry Collector Builder
-#
-#####################################################
-#
-# Learn about membership in OpenTelemetry community:
-#  https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/master/community-membership.md
-#
-#
-# Learn about CODEOWNERS file format:
-#  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
-#
-
-* @open-telemetry/collector-approvers @open-telemetry/collector-builder-approvers
diff --git a/builder/.github/mergify.yml b/builder/.github/mergify.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ca5b7649f62..00000000000
--- a/builder/.github/mergify.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-pull_request_rules:
-  - name: remove outdated reviews
-    conditions:
-      - base=main
-    actions:
-      dismiss_reviews: {}
-
-  - name: Automatic merge when all checks pass and the PR is approved
-    conditions:
-      - "#approved-reviews-by>=1"
-      - "-draft"
-      - "status-success=Unit tests"
-      - "status-success=Code standards (linting)"
-      - "status-success=Security"
-      - "status-success=Integration test"
-    actions:
-      merge:
-        method: squash
-        commit_message: title+body