diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0369c83b..00000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-ALL_SCHEMES=$(filter-out crypto_%.c, $(wildcard crypto_*/*))
-
-default: help
-
-.PHONY: require_scheme
-require_scheme:
-# assumes a SCHEME variable; e.g. make functest SCHEME=crypto_kem/kyber768
-ifndef SCHEME
-	$(error The SCHEME variable is not set. Example: SCHEME=crypto_kem/kyber768)
-endif
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	rm -rf bin
-
-.PHONY: tidy
-tidy:
-	$(MAKE) do-tidy
-
-do-tidy: require_scheme
-	clang-tidy \
-		-quiet $(.TIDY_FIX) \
-		$(SCHEME)/clean/*.c \
-		common/*.c \
-		-- -iquote "common/" -iquote "$(SCHEME)/clean"
-
-.PHONY: apply-tidy
-apply-tidy:
-	$(MAKE) do-tidy .TIDY_FIX=-fix
-
-# The below should be outlined with ts=8
-.PHONY: help
-help:
-	@echo "make clean				Clean up the bin/ folder"
-	@echo "make tidy SCHEME=scheme  		Runs the clang-tidy linter against SCHEME"
-	@echo "make apply-tidy SCHEME=scheme		Tries to automatically fix the issues found by clang-tidy in SCHEME"
-	@echo "make tidy-all				Runs the clang-tidy linter against all schemes"
-	@echo "make apply-tidy-all			Tidy up all schemes"
-	@echo "make help				Displays this message"
-
-
-.PHONY: tidy-all
-tidy-all:
-	@for scheme in $(ALL_SCHEMES); do \
-		$(MAKE) tidy SCHEME=$$scheme || exit 1 ; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: apply-tidy-all
-apply-tidy-all:
-	@for scheme in $(ALL_SCHEMES); do \
-		$(MAKE) apply-tidy SCHEME=$$scheme; \
-	done
diff --git a/test/test_linter.py b/test/test_linter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d6b6839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_linter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import os
+from glob import glob
+import shutil
+import unittest
+
+import pqclean
+from helpers import run_subprocess
+
+
+def test_clang_tidy():
+    for scheme in pqclean.Scheme.all_schemes():
+        for implementation in scheme.implementations:
+            yield check_tidy, implementation
+
+
+def check_tidy(implementation: pqclean.Implementation):
+    if shutil.which('clang-tidy') is None:
+        raise unittest.SkipTest("clang-tidy unavailable in PATH")
+    cfiles = glob(os.path.join(implementation.path(), '*.c'))
+    common_files = glob(os.path.join('..', 'common', '*.c'))
+    run_subprocess(['clang-tidy',
+                    '-quiet',
+                    '-header-filter=.*',
+                    *cfiles,
+                    *common_files,
+                    '--',
+                    '-iquote', os.path.join('..', 'common'),
+                    '-iquote', implementation.path(),
+                    ])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        import nose2
+        nose2.main()
+    except ImportError:
+        import nose
+        nose.runmodule()