diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 78f5bb72..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-name: Golang lint, vet and unit test pipeline
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    name: github (govet, golint and gotest)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
-      - name: Checkout project code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Checkout openstack-k8s-operators-ci project
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-k8s-operators-ci
-          path: ./openstack-k8s-operators-ci
-      - name: Run govet.sh
-        run: ./openstack-k8s-operators-ci/test-runner/govet.sh
-      - name: Run golint.sh
-        run: ./openstack-k8s-operators-ci/test-runner/golint.sh
-
-  golangci:
-    name: github (golangci)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
-      - name: Checkout project code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Run golangci lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          args: --timeout 5m
-
-  operator-lint:
-    name: operator-lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
-      - name: Checkout project code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Run operator-lint
-        run: make operator-lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lints.yaml b/.github/workflows/lints.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11281ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lints.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Lints
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  check-go-mod-replace-lines:
+    name: check for replace lines in go.mod files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout project code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: check for replace lines in go.mod files
+        run: |
+          ! egrep --invert-match -e '^replace.*/api => \./api|^replace.*//allow-merging$'  `find . -name 'go.mod'` | egrep -e 'go.mod:replace'