diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 14019306..167484d5 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 - project:
     check:
       jobs:
+        - openstack-tox-linters
         - openstack-tox-pep8
     gate:
       jobs:
+        - openstack-tox-linters
         - openstack-tox-pep8
diff --git a/nfv/nfv-tests/lint_check.sh b/nfv/nfv-tests/lint_check.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 17ca91a4..00000000
--- a/nfv/nfv-tests/lint_check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo "Update this file to run lint activities outside of tox"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e25e6636..11f18ad9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 [testenv:linters]
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
-  bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
-         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
-         -type f                              \
-         -not -name \*~                       \
-         -not -name \*.md                     \
-         -name \*.sh                          \
-         -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
   bash -c "find {toxinidir}        \
             \( -name middleware/io-monitor/recipes-common/io-monitor/io-monitor/io_monitor/test-tools/yaml/* -prune \) \
             -o \( -name .tox -prune \)         \