diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1df230a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master, development ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master, development ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        pip install .
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0459496..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-python:
-- '3.6'
-- '3.7'
-os:
-- linux
-branches:
-  only:
-  - master
-  - development
-install: pip install -U tox-travis
-script: tox
-deploy:
-  provider: pypi
-  distributions: sdist bdist_wheel
-  user: peterk87
-  deployment: bio-hansel
-  password:
-    secure: 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
-  on:
-    tags: true
-    repo: phac-nml/biohansel
-    python: 3.6
-notifications:
-  email:
-    recipients:
-    - mgopez95@gmail.com
-    - peter.kruczkiewicz@gmail.com
-    - darian.hole@canada.ca
-    - philip.mabon@canada.ca
-    on_success: change
-    on_failure: change
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 932b487..314dd25 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 |logo|
 
-|conda| |nbsp| |pypi| |nbsp| |license| |nbsp| |nbsp| Master:|citest-master| |nbsp| Development:|citest-dev| |rtd|
+|conda| |nbsp| |pypi| |nbsp|  |rtd| |nbsp| |license|
 
 
+======  ===========
+Master  |ci-master|
+Dev     |ci-dev|
+======  ===========
 
 .. |logo| image:: logo.png
     :target: https://github.com/phac-nml/biohansel
@@ -10,10 +14,10 @@
     :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bio_hansel/
 .. |license| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%20v2.0-blue.svg
     :target: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-.. |citest-dev|  image:: https://travis-ci.org/phac-nml/biohansel.svg?branch=development
-    :target: https://travis-ci.org/phac-nml/biohansel
-.. |citest-master| image:: https://travis-ci.org/phac-nml/biohansel.svg?branch=master
-    :target: https://travis-ci.org/phac-nml/biohansel
+.. |ci-master| image:: https://github.com/phac-nml/biohansel/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=master
+    :target: https://github.com/phac-nml/biohansel/actions
+.. |ci-dev| image:: https://github.com/phac-nml/biohansel/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=development
+    :target: https://github.com/phac-nml/biohansel/actions
 .. |conda|   image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/install%20with-bioconda-brightgreen.svg
     :target: https://bioconda.github.io/recipes/bio_hansel/README.html
 .. |nbsp| unicode:: 0xA0
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
deleted file mode 100755
index 4ea07ea..0000000
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-pip==18.1
-bumpversion==0.5.3
-wheel==0.32.1
-watchdog==0.9.0
-flake8==3.5.0
-tox==3.5.2
-coverage==4.5.1
-Sphinx==1.8.1
-twine==1.12.1
-
-pytest==3.8.2
-pytest-runner==4.2
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a4486f..0000000
--- a/tox.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py36, py37, flake8
-
-[travis]
-python =
-    3.6: py36
-    3.7: py37
-
-[testenv:flake8]
-basepython = python
-deps = flake8
-commands = flake8 biohansel
-
-[testenv]
-setenv =
-    PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}
-deps =
-    -r{toxinidir}/requirements_dev.txt
-; If you want to make tox run the tests with the same versions, create a
-; requirements.txt with the pinned versions and uncomment the following line:
-;     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
-commands =
-    pip install -U pip
-    py.test --basetemp={envtmpdir}