diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-compat.yml b/.github/workflows/go-compat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccb1d496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-compat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+on: pull_request
+name: Go Compat
+
+jobs:
+  unit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: API Compatibility (go ${{ matrix.go }})
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Fetching merge base (${{ env.GITHUB_BASE_REF }})
+        run: git fetch --depth=1 origin "$GITHUB_BASE_REF"
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.16.x
+      - name: Go information
+        run: |
+          go version
+          go env
+      - name: Install Compat Check
+        run: go install github.com/smola/gocompat/cmd/gocompat@8498b97a44792a3a6063c47014726baa63e2e669 # 2021.7 (v0.3.0)
+      - name: Checking Compatibility
+        run: |
+          gocompat compare --go1compat --git-refs="$GITHUB_BASE_REF..$GITHUB_SHA" ./...
+
diff --git a/tools/compat-check b/tools/compat-check
deleted file mode 100755
index 58bfec8e..00000000
--- a/tools/compat-check
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-check-compat() {
-	set -e
-  (
-      cd tools &&
-          mkdir -p bin &&
-          go build -o bin/gocompat github.com/smola/gocompat/cmd/gocompat
-  )
-  ./tools/bin/gocompat compare --git-refs="remotes/origin/master..$(git rev-parse HEAD)" --go1compat ./...
-}
-
-export GO111MODULE=on
-if [[ "$TRAVIS" == "true" ]]; then
-	git fetch origin master:remotes/origin/master > /dev/null 2>&1
-fi
-
-if ! check-compat; then
-	echo ">> API Compatibility broken!!"
-	exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 43e87675..00000000
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/tools
-
-go 1.14
-
-require github.com/smola/gocompat v0.2.0
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/tools/main.go b/tools/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f7eca129..00000000
--- a/tools/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package tools
diff --git a/tools/tools.go b/tools/tools.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f9922713..00000000
--- a/tools/tools.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// +build tools
-
-package tools
-
-import (
-	_ "github.com/smola/gocompat"
-)