diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 49f7be0378..e19df84e8a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -115,37 +115,6 @@ browsers_unit_tests: &browsers_unit_tests
         command: if [ "$CIRCLE_NODE_VERSION" = "v12" ]; then npm run codecov:browser; fi
 
 jobs:
-  lint_&_docs:
-    docker:
-      - image: node:12
-        environment:
-          NPM_CONFIG_UNSAFE_PERM: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Install minimal doc and lint modules globally
-          command: npm i -g eslint@^6.8.0 eslint-plugin-node @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@^2.23.0 @typescript-eslint/parser@^2.23.0 eslint-plugin-header@^3.0.0 eslint-plugin-import@^2.19.1 eslint-plugin-prettier prettier lerna typedoc linkinator typescript@^3.7.2
-      - run:
-          name: Install gts version 2.0.0 globally
-          command: npm i -g gts@2.0.0
-      - run:
-          name: Symlink global modules into all lerna packages
-          command: lerna exec 'npm link eslint gts eslint-plugin-node @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin @typescript-eslint/parser eslint-plugin-header eslint-plugin-import eslint-plugin-prettier prettier lerna typedoc linkinator typescript'
-      - run:
-          name: Check code style and linting
-          command: npm run lint
-      - run:
-          name: Install doc dependencies
-          command: lerna bootstrap --no-ci --scope @opentelemetry/api --include-filtered-dependencies -- --only dev
-      - run:
-          name: Docs tests
-          command: npm run docs-test
-      - run:
-          name: Install minimal modules to lint examples
-          command: npm i --no-save eslint eslint-plugin-import eslint-config-airbnb-base
-      - run:
-          name: Lint examples
-          command: npm run lint:examples
   node8:
     docker:
       - image: node:8
@@ -175,10 +144,6 @@ workflows:
   version: 2
   build:
     jobs:
-      - lint_&_docs:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: /.*/
       - node8
       - node10
       - node12
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39cd43b323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: restore lerna
+      uses: actions/cache@master # must use unreleased master to cache multiple paths
+      id: cache
+      with:
+        path: |
+          node_modules
+          packages/*/node_modules
+          metapackages/*/node_modules
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
+
+    - name: Bootstrap
+      if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        npm install --only=dev --ignore-scripts
+        npx lerna bootstrap --no-ci --ignore-scripts -- --only=dev
+
+    - name: Lint
+      run: |
+        npm run lint
+        npm run lint:examples
+
+    - name: Install and Build API Dependencies
+      run: npx lerna bootstrap --no-ci --scope @opentelemetry/api --include-filtered-dependencies
+
+    - name: Test Docs
+      run: npm run docs-test