diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.github/workflows/main.yml b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.github/workflows/main.yml
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index 86fd2cf99a..0000000000
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-on: ["pull_request"]
-name: Unit tests
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    name: test
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [1.15.x, 1.16.x]
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@4696ba8babb6127d732c3c6dde519db15edab9ea # v6.5.1
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          args: -c .golangci.yml -v
-      - name: go test
-        run: go test ./...
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.gitignore b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.gitignore
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index b25c15b81f..0000000000
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*~
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.golangci.yml b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.golangci.yml
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index 6b7fcdebe9..0000000000
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.golangci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-run:
-  concurrency: 4
-  deadline: 600s
-  skip-dirs:
-    - vendor
-# Ignore auto-generated protobuf code.
-  skip-files:
-    - ".*\\.pb\\.go$"
-
-linters:
-  disable-all: true
-  enable:
-    - deadcode
-    - gocyclo
-    - gofmt
-    - gosimple
-    - govet
-    - ineffassign
-    - misspell
-    - staticcheck
-    - structcheck
-    - typecheck
-    - unconvert
-    - unused
-    - varcheck
-
-linters-settings:
-  gocyclo:
-    min_complexity: 15
-  unused:
-    check-exported: true
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.travis.yml b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.travis.yml
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index 8dc92a8205..0000000000
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/.travis.yml
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@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-language: go
-
-go:
-    - "1.10"
-    - "1.11"
-    - tip
-arch:
-    - s390x
-
-go_import_path: github.com/kata-containers/govmm
-
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-  - go: tip
-
-before_install:
-  - go get github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
-  - gometalinter --install
-  - go get github.com/mattn/goveralls
-
-script:
-   - go env
-   - gometalinter --tests --vendor --disable-all --enable=misspell --enable=vet --enable=ineffassign --enable=gofmt --enable=gocyclo --cyclo-over=15 --enable=golint --enable=errcheck --enable=deadcode --enable=staticcheck -enable=gas ./...
-
-after_success:
-   - $GOPATH/bin/goveralls -repotoken $COVERALLS_TOKEN -v -service=travis-ci