diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 150613796121..e4dd00531810 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -168,18 +168,6 @@ default:
 
 #### stage:                        stage1
 
-check-runtime:
-  stage:                           stage1
-  image:                           paritytech/tools:latest
-  <<:                              *kubernetes-env
-  <<:                              *test-refs
-  variables:
-    GITLAB_API:                    "https://gitlab.parity.io/api/v4"
-    GITHUB_API_PROJECT:            "parity%2Finfrastructure%2Fgithub-api"
-  script:
-    - ./scripts/ci/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
-  allow_failure:                   true
-
 cargo-fmt:
   stage:                           stage1
   <<:                              *docker-env
@@ -307,7 +295,7 @@ build-staking-miner:
   stage:                           stage2
   # this is an artificial job dependency, for pipeline optimization using GitLab's DAGs
   needs:
-    - job:                         check-runtime
+    - job:                         cargo-fmt
       artifacts:                   false
   <<:                              *docker-env
   <<:                              *test-pr-refs
@@ -336,7 +324,7 @@ test-node-metrics:
   stage:                           stage2
   # this is an artificial job dependency, for pipeline optimization using GitLab's DAGs
   needs:
-    - job:                         check-runtime
+    - job:                         cargo-fmt
       artifacts:                   false
   <<:                              *docker-env
   <<:                              *compiler-info
diff --git a/scripts/ci/gitlab/check_runtime.sh b/scripts/ci/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9618bbfa1c76..000000000000
--- a/scripts/ci/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,204 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Check for any changes in any runtime directories (e.g., ^runtime/polkadot) as
-# well as directories common to all runtimes (e.g., ^runtime/common). If there
-# are no changes, check if the Substrate git SHA in Cargo.lock has been
-# changed. If so, pull the repo and verify if {spec,impl}_versions have been
-# altered since the previous Substrate version used.
-#
-# If there were changes to any runtimes or common dirs, we iterate over each
-# runtime (defined in the $runtimes() array), and check if {spec,impl}_version
-# have been changed since the last release.
-
-set -e # fail on any error
-
-#Include the common functions library
-#shellcheck source=../common/lib.sh
-. "$(dirname "${0}")/../common/lib.sh"
-
-SUBSTRATE_REPO="https://github.com/paritytech/substrate"
-SUBSTRATE_REPO_CARGO="git\+${SUBSTRATE_REPO}"
-SUBSTRATE_VERSIONS_FILE="bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs"
-
-# figure out the latest release tag
-boldprint "make sure we have all tags (including those from the release branch)"
-git fetch --depth="${GIT_DEPTH:-100}" origin release
-git fetch --depth="${GIT_DEPTH:-100}" origin 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
-LATEST_TAG="$(git tag -l | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-?[0-9]*$' | sort -V | tail -n 1)"
-boldprint "latest release tag ${LATEST_TAG}"
-
-boldprint "latest 10 commits of ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-git --no-pager log --graph --oneline --decorate=short -n 10
-
-boldprint "make sure the master branch is available in shallow clones"
-git fetch --depth="${GIT_DEPTH:-100}" origin master
-
-
-runtimes=(
-  "kusama"
-  "polkadot"
-  "westend"
-  "rococo"
-)
-
-common_dirs=(
-  "common"
-)
-
-# Helper function to join elements in an array with a multi-char delimiter
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1527049/how-can-i-join-elements-of-an-array-in-bash
-function join_by { local d=$1; shift; echo -n "$1"; shift; printf "%s" "${@/#/$d}"; }
-
-boldprint "check if the wasm sources changed since ${LATEST_TAG}"
-if ! has_runtime_changes "${LATEST_TAG}" "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"; then
-  boldprint "no changes to any runtime source code detected"
-  # continue checking if Cargo.lock was updated with a new substrate reference
-  # and if that change includes a {spec|impl}_version update.
-
-  SUBSTRATE_REFS_CHANGED="$(
-    git diff "refs/tags/${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" Cargo.lock \
-    | sed -n -r "s~^[\+\-]source = \"${SUBSTRATE_REPO_CARGO}#([a-f0-9]+)\".*$~\1~p" | sort -u | wc -l
-  )"
-
-  # check Cargo.lock for substrate ref change
-  case "${SUBSTRATE_REFS_CHANGED}" in
-    (0)
-      boldprint "substrate refs not changed in Cargo.lock"
-      exit 0
-      ;;
-    (2)
-      boldprint "substrate refs updated since ${LATEST_TAG}"
-      ;;
-    (*)
-      boldprint "check unsupported: more than one commit targeted in repo ${SUBSTRATE_REPO_CARGO}"
-      exit 1
-  esac
-
-
-  SUBSTRATE_PREV_REF="$(
-    git diff "refs/tags/${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" Cargo.lock \
-    | sed -n -r "s~^\-source = \"${SUBSTRATE_REPO_CARGO}#([a-f0-9]+)\".*$~\1~p" | sort -u | head -n 1
-  )"
-
-  SUBSTRATE_NEW_REF="$(
-    git diff "refs/tags/${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" Cargo.lock \
-    | sed -n -r "s~^\+source = \"${SUBSTRATE_REPO_CARGO}#([a-f0-9]+)\".*$~\1~p" | sort -u | head -n 1
-  )"
-
-
-  boldcat <<EOT
-previous substrate commit id ${SUBSTRATE_PREV_REF}
-new substrate commit id      ${SUBSTRATE_NEW_REF}
-EOT
-
-  # okay so now need to fetch the substrate repository and check whether spec_version or impl_version has changed there
-  SUBSTRATE_CLONE_DIR="$(mktemp -t -d substrate-XXXXXX)"
-  trap 'rm -rf "${SUBSTRATE_CLONE_DIR}"' INT QUIT TERM ABRT EXIT
-
-  git clone --depth="${GIT_DEPTH:-100}" --no-tags \
-    "${SUBSTRATE_REPO}" "${SUBSTRATE_CLONE_DIR}"
-
-  # check if there are changes to the spec|impl versions
-  git -C "${SUBSTRATE_CLONE_DIR}" diff \
-    "${SUBSTRATE_PREV_REF}..${SUBSTRATE_NEW_REF}" "${SUBSTRATE_VERSIONS_FILE}" \
-    | grep -E '^[\+\-][[:space:]]+(spec|impl)_version: +([0-9]+),$' || exit 0
-
-  boldcat <<EOT
-spec_version or or impl_version have changed in substrate after updating Cargo.lock
-please make sure versions are bumped in polkadot accordingly
-EOT
-
-fi
-
-failed_runtime_checks=()
-
-# Iterate over each runtime defined at the start of the script
-for RUNTIME in "${runtimes[@]}"
-do
-
-  # Check if there were changes to this specific runtime or common directories.
-  # If not, we can skip to the next runtime
-  regex="^runtime/$(join_by '|^runtime/' "$RUNTIME" "${common_dirs[@]}")"
-  if ! git diff --name-only "refs/tags/${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" \
-    | grep -E -q -e "$regex"; then
-    continue
-  fi
-
-  # check for spec_version updates: if the spec versions changed, then there is
-  # consensus-critical logic that has changed. the runtime wasm blobs must be
-  # rebuilt.
-
-  add_spec_version="$(
-    git diff "refs/tags/${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" "runtime/${RUNTIME}/src/lib.rs" \
-    | sed -n -r "s/^\+[[:space:]]+spec_version: +([0-9]+),$/\1/p"
-  )"
-  sub_spec_version="$(
-    git diff "refs/tags/${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" "runtime/${RUNTIME}/src/lib.rs" \
-    | sed -n -r "s/^\-[[:space:]]+spec_version: +([0-9]+),$/\1/p"
-  )"
-
-
-  # see if the version and the binary blob changed
-  if [ "${add_spec_version}" != "${sub_spec_version}" ]
-  then
-
-    boldcat <<EOT
-## RUNTIME: ${RUNTIME} ##
-
-changes to the ${RUNTIME} runtime sources and changes in the spec version.
-
-spec_version: ${sub_spec_version} -> ${add_spec_version}
-
-EOT
-    continue
-
-  else
-    # check for impl_version updates: if only the impl versions changed, we assume
-    # there is no consensus-critical logic that has changed.
-
-    add_impl_version="$(
-      git diff refs/tags/"${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" "runtime/${RUNTIME}/src/lib.rs" \
-      | sed -n -r 's/^\+[[:space:]]+impl_version: +([0-9]+),$/\1/p'
-    )"
-    sub_impl_version="$(
-      git diff refs/tags/"${LATEST_TAG}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" "runtime/${RUNTIME}/src/lib.rs" \
-      | sed -n -r 's/^\-[[:space:]]+impl_version: +([0-9]+),$/\1/p'
-    )"
-
-
-    # see if the impl version changed
-    if [ "${add_impl_version}" != "${sub_impl_version}" ]
-    then
-      boldcat <<EOT
-
-## RUNTIME: ${RUNTIME} ##
-
-changes to the ${RUNTIME} runtime sources and changes in the impl version.
-
-impl_version: ${sub_impl_version} -> ${add_impl_version}
-
-EOT
-      continue
-    fi
-
-    failed_runtime_checks+=("$RUNTIME")
-  fi
-done
-
-if [ ${#failed_runtime_checks} -gt 0 ]; then
-  boldcat <<EOT
-wasm source files changed or the spec version in the substrate reference in
-the Cargo.lock but not the spec/impl version. If changes made do not alter
-logic, just bump 'impl_version'. If they do change logic, bump
-'spec_version'.
-
-source file directories:
-- runtime
-
-version files: ${failed_runtime_checks[@]}
-EOT
-
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-exit 0