diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 5c68590f..de391220 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@ jobs:
           components: rustfmt, clippy, miri, rust-src
 
       - name: Check formatting
-        run: |
-          cargo fmt --all -- --check
+        run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
 
       - name: Run clippy
-        run: |
-          cargo clippy --workspace --exclude integration-test -- --deny warnings
+        run: cargo clippy --workspace -- --deny warnings
 
       - name: Run miri
-        run: |
-          cargo miri test --all-targets
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: cargo miri test --all-targets
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
index 67056c83..de9111d7 100755
--- a/test/run.sh
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ exec_vm "rm -rf aya/* libbpf"
 rsync_vm "--exclude=target --exclude=.tmp $AYA_SOURCE_DIR"
 rsync_vm "$LIBBPF_DIR"
 
-# need to build or linting will fail trying to include object files
-exec_vm "cd aya; cargo xtask build-integration-test --libbpf-dir ~/libbpf"
-exec_vm "cd aya; cargo clippy -p integration-test -- --deny warnings"
 exec_vm "cd aya; cargo xtask integration-test --libbpf-dir ~/libbpf"
 
 # we rm and sync but it doesn't seem to work reliably - I guess we could sleep a
diff --git a/xtask/src/build_test.rs b/xtask/src/build_test.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fe4c277..00000000
--- a/xtask/src/build_test.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::Result;
-use clap::Parser;
-use std::process::Command;
-
-use crate::{build_ebpf, utils::exec};
-
-#[derive(Parser)]
-pub struct Options {
-    /// Target triple for which the code is compiled
-    #[clap(long)]
-    pub musl_target: Option<String>,
-
-    #[clap(flatten)]
-    pub ebpf_options: build_ebpf::BuildEbpfOptions,
-}
-
-pub fn build_test(opts: Options) -> Result<()> {
-    let Options {
-        musl_target,
-        ebpf_options,
-    } = opts;
-
-    build_ebpf::build_ebpf(ebpf_options)?;
-
-    let mut cmd = Command::new("cargo");
-    cmd.args(["build", "-p", "integration-test"]);
-
-    if let Some(target) = musl_target {
-        cmd.args(["--target", &target]);
-    }
-    exec(&mut cmd)
-}
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index d0a8e333..c86da059 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 mod build_ebpf;
-mod build_test;
 mod codegen;
 mod docs;
 mod run;
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@ pub struct XtaskOptions {
 enum Command {
     Codegen(codegen::Options),
     Docs,
-    BuildIntegrationTest(build_test::Options),
-    BuildIntegrationTestEbpf(build_ebpf::BuildEbpfOptions),
     IntegrationTest(run::Options),
 }
 
@@ -29,8 +26,6 @@ fn main() {
     let ret = match command {
         Command::Codegen(opts) => codegen::codegen(opts),
         Command::Docs => docs::docs(),
-        Command::BuildIntegrationTest(opts) => build_test::build_test(opts),
-        Command::BuildIntegrationTestEbpf(opts) => build_ebpf::build_ebpf(opts),
         Command::IntegrationTest(opts) => run::run(opts),
     };