diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile-check.yml b/.github/workflows/compile-check.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 76bb24e..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/compile-check.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Compile check
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - '.github/workflows/gh-aw-*.md'
-      - '.github/workflows/gh-aw-*.lock.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/gh-aw-fragments/**'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  compile-check:
-    name: Verify lock files are up to date
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Detect gh-aw version from lock files
-        id: detect-version
-        run: |
-          version=$(head -1 .github/workflows/gh-aw-*.lock.yml | grep -oP '"compiler_version":"v\K[^"]+' | head -1)
-          echo "version=v${version}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Install gh-aw
-        run: gh extension install github/gh-aw --pin ${{ steps.detect-version.outputs.version }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Compile
-        run: gh aw compile
-
-      - name: Check for uncommitted changes
-        run: |
-          if ! git diff --quiet .github/workflows/*.lock.yml; then
-            echo "::error::Lock files are out of date. Run 'make compile' and commit the changes."
-            git diff --stat .github/workflows/*.lock.yml
-            exit 1
-          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 14b7246..8f4542e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install gh-aw
+        run: gh extension install github/gh-aw
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f4ec946..956d8dd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -23,3 +23,12 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: actionlint
         exclude: '\.lock\.yml$'
+
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: compile-workflows
+        name: compile gh-aw workflows
+        language: system
+        entry: gh aw compile
+        files: '\.github/workflows/gh-aw-.*\.md$|\.github/workflows/gh-aw-fragments/'
+        pass_filenames: false