diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fac57b105a353a6377a52d45b96b504fb98a4837..4ec9891d0be31edbba2b47205859f86987dfd757 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,19 +4,12 @@ before_script:
   - apt-get update -qq
   - apt-get install -y cmake
   - apt-get install -y lcov
-  - apt-get install -y python3
-  - apt-get install -y clang-format clang-tidy clang-tools clang
 # Define the stages of the pipeline
 stages:
-  - lint
   - build
   - test
   - coverage
 
-job:codestyling:
-  stage: lint
-  script: python3 run-clang-format.py -r src include tests
-
 
 # Define the job for building the project
 job:build:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 275a4b290508f0a5a517e2fef0b5954c9fe72952..feac8be7180f8bcff224428d63247720548e6e9b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} --coverage")
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "lib")
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "lib")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "bin")
-set(CMAKE_C_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy;-checks=*")
 enable_testing()
 
 ########################################################################
diff --git a/run-clang-format.py b/run-clang-format.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e59eab3ce6fa20c8a9b383b2cf48ce6cd1538a4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/run-clang-format.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,379 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""A wrapper script around clang-format, suitable for linting multiple files
-and to use for continuous integration.
-
-This is an alternative API for the clang-format command line.
-It runs over multiple files and directories in parallel.
-A diff output is produced and a sensible exit code is returned.
-
-"""
-
-from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
-
-import argparse
-import codecs
-import difflib
-import fnmatch
-import io
-import errno
-import multiprocessing
-import os
-import signal
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import traceback
-
-from functools import partial
-
-try:
-    from subprocess import DEVNULL  # py3k
-except ImportError:
-    DEVNULL = open(os.devnull, "wb")
-
-
-DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS = 'c,h,C,H,cpp,hpp,cc,hh,c++,h++,cxx,hxx'
-DEFAULT_CLANG_FORMAT_IGNORE = '.clang-format-ignore'
-
-
-class ExitStatus:
-    SUCCESS = 0
-    DIFF = 1
-    TROUBLE = 2
-
-def excludes_from_file(ignore_file):
-    excludes = []
-    try:
-        with io.open(ignore_file, 'r', encoding='ISO-8859-1') as f:
-            for line in f:
-                if line.startswith('#'):
-                    # ignore comments
-                    continue
-                pattern = line.rstrip()
-                if not pattern:
-                    # allow empty lines
-                    continue
-                excludes.append(pattern)
-    except EnvironmentError as e:
-        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-            raise
-    return excludes;
-
-def list_files(files, recursive=False, extensions=None, exclude=None):
-    if extensions is None:
-        extensions = []
-    if exclude is None:
-        exclude = []
-
-    out = []
-    for file in files:
-        if recursive and os.path.isdir(file):
-            for dirpath, dnames, fnames in os.walk(file):
-                fpaths = [os.path.join(dirpath, fname) for fname in fnames]
-                for pattern in exclude:
-                    # os.walk() supports trimming down the dnames list
-                    # by modifying it in-place,
-                    # to avoid unnecessary directory listings.
-                    dnames[:] = [
-                        x for x in dnames
-                        if
-                        not fnmatch.fnmatch(os.path.join(dirpath, x), pattern)
-                    ]
-                    fpaths = [
-                        x for x in fpaths if not fnmatch.fnmatch(x, pattern)
-                    ]
-                for f in fpaths:
-                    ext = os.path.splitext(f)[1][1:]
-                    if ext in extensions:
-                        out.append(f)
-        else:
-            out.append(file)
-    return out
-
-
-def make_diff(file, original, reformatted):
-    return list(
-        difflib.unified_diff(
-            original,
-            reformatted,
-            fromfile='{}\t(original)'.format(file),
-            tofile='{}\t(reformatted)'.format(file),
-            n=3))
-
-
-class DiffError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, message, errs=None):
-        super(DiffError, self).__init__(message)
-        self.errs = errs or []
-
-
-class UnexpectedError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, message, exc=None):
-        super(UnexpectedError, self).__init__(message)
-        self.formatted_traceback = traceback.format_exc()
-        self.exc = exc
-
-
-def run_clang_format_diff_wrapper(args, file):
-    try:
-        ret = run_clang_format_diff(args, file)
-        return ret
-    except DiffError:
-        raise
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise UnexpectedError('{}: {}: {}'.format(file, e.__class__.__name__,
-                                                  e), e)
-
-
-def run_clang_format_diff(args, file):
-    try:
-        with io.open(file, 'r', encoding='ISO-8859-1') as f:
-            original = f.readlines()
-    except IOError as exc:
-        raise DiffError(str(exc))
-    invocation = [args.clang_format_executable, file]
-
-    # Use of ISO-8859-1 to decode the process output.
-    #
-    # Hopefully, this is the correct thing to do.
-    #
-    # It's done due to the following assumptions (which may be incorrect):
-    # - clang-format will returns the bytes read from the files as-is,
-    #   without conversion, and it is already assumed that the files use ISO-8859-1.
-    # - if the diagnostics were internationalized, they would use ISO-8859-1:
-    #   > Adding Translations to Clang
-    #   >
-    #   > Not possible yet!
-    #   > Diagnostic strings should be written in ISO-8859-1,
-    #   > the client can translate to the relevant code page if needed.
-    #   > Each translation completely replaces the format string
-    #   > for the diagnostic.
-    #   > -- http://clang.llvm.org/docs/InternalsManual.html#internals-diag-translation
-    #
-    # It's not pretty, due to Python 2 & 3 compatibility.
-    encoding_py3 = {}
-    if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
-        encoding_py3['encoding'] = 'ISO-8859-1'
-
-    try:
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(
-            invocation,
-            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-            universal_newlines=True,
-            **encoding_py3)
-    except OSError as exc:
-        raise DiffError(
-            "Command '{}' failed to start: {}".format(
-                subprocess.list2cmdline(invocation), exc
-            )
-        )
-    proc_stdout = proc.stdout
-    proc_stderr = proc.stderr
-    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-        # make the pipes compatible with Python 3,
-        # reading lines should output unicode
-        encoding = 'ISO-8859-1'
-        proc_stdout = codecs.getreader(encoding)(proc_stdout)
-        proc_stderr = codecs.getreader(encoding)(proc_stderr)
-    # hopefully the stderr pipe won't get full and block the process
-    outs = list(proc_stdout.readlines())
-    errs = list(proc_stderr.readlines())
-    proc.wait()
-    if proc.returncode:
-        raise DiffError(
-            "Command '{}' returned non-zero exit status {}".format(
-                subprocess.list2cmdline(invocation), proc.returncode
-            ),
-            errs,
-        )
-    return make_diff(file, original, outs), errs
-
-
-def bold_red(s):
-    return '\x1b[1m\x1b[31m' + s + '\x1b[0m'
-
-
-def colorize(diff_lines):
-    def bold(s):
-        return '\x1b[1m' + s + '\x1b[0m'
-
-    def cyan(s):
-        return '\x1b[36m' + s + '\x1b[0m'
-
-    def green(s):
-        return '\x1b[32m' + s + '\x1b[0m'
-
-    def red(s):
-        return '\x1b[31m' + s + '\x1b[0m'
-
-    for line in diff_lines:
-        if line[:4] in ['--- ', '+++ ']:
-            yield bold(line)
-        elif line.startswith('@@ '):
-            yield cyan(line)
-        elif line.startswith('+'):
-            yield green(line)
-        elif line.startswith('-'):
-            yield red(line)
-        else:
-            yield line
-
-
-def print_diff(diff_lines, use_color):
-    if use_color:
-        diff_lines = colorize(diff_lines)
-    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-        sys.stdout.writelines((l.encode('ISO-8859-1') for l in diff_lines))
-    else:
-        sys.stdout.writelines(diff_lines)
-
-
-def print_trouble(prog, message, use_colors):
-    error_text = 'error:'
-    if use_colors:
-        error_text = bold_red(error_text)
-    print("{}: {} {}".format(prog, error_text, message), file=sys.stderr)
-
-
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--clang-format-executable',
-        metavar='EXECUTABLE',
-        help='path to the clang-format executable',
-        default='clang-format')
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--extensions',
-        help='comma separated list of file extensions (default: {})'.format(
-            DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS),
-        default=DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS)
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '-r',
-        '--recursive',
-        action='store_true',
-        help='run recursively over directories')
-    parser.add_argument('files', metavar='file', nargs='+')
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '-q',
-        '--quiet',
-        action='store_true',
-        help="disable output, useful for the exit code")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '-j',
-        metavar='N',
-        type=int,
-        default=0,
-        help='run N clang-format jobs in parallel'
-        ' (default number of cpus + 1)')
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--color',
-        default='auto',
-        choices=['auto', 'always', 'never'],
-        help='show colored diff (default: auto)')
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '-e',
-        '--exclude',
-        metavar='PATTERN',
-        action='append',
-        default=[],
-        help='exclude paths matching the given glob-like pattern(s)'
-        ' from recursive search')
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    # use default signal handling, like diff return SIGINT value on ^C
-    # https://bugs.python.org/issue14229#msg156446
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
-    try:
-        signal.SIGPIPE
-    except AttributeError:
-        # compatibility, SIGPIPE does not exist on Windows
-        pass
-    else:
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal.SIG_DFL)
-
-    colored_stdout = False
-    colored_stderr = False
-    if args.color == 'always':
-        colored_stdout = True
-        colored_stderr = True
-    elif args.color == 'auto':
-        colored_stdout = sys.stdout.isatty()
-        colored_stderr = sys.stderr.isatty()
-
-    version_invocation = [args.clang_format_executable, str("--version")]
-    try:
-        subprocess.check_call(version_invocation, stdout=DEVNULL)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        print_trouble(parser.prog, str(e), use_colors=colored_stderr)
-        return ExitStatus.TROUBLE
-    except OSError as e:
-        print_trouble(
-            parser.prog,
-            "Command '{}' failed to start: {}".format(
-                subprocess.list2cmdline(version_invocation), e
-            ),
-            use_colors=colored_stderr,
-        )
-        return ExitStatus.TROUBLE
-
-    retcode = ExitStatus.SUCCESS
-
-    excludes = excludes_from_file(DEFAULT_CLANG_FORMAT_IGNORE)
-    excludes.extend(args.exclude)
-
-    files = list_files(
-        args.files,
-        recursive=args.recursive,
-        exclude=excludes,
-        extensions=args.extensions.split(','))
-
-    if not files:
-        return
-
-    njobs = args.j
-    if njobs == 0:
-        njobs = multiprocessing.cpu_count() + 1
-    njobs = min(len(files), njobs)
-
-    if njobs == 1:
-        # execute directly instead of in a pool,
-        # less overhead, simpler stacktraces
-        it = (run_clang_format_diff_wrapper(args, file) for file in files)
-        pool = None
-    else:
-        pool = multiprocessing.Pool(njobs)
-        it = pool.imap_unordered(
-            partial(run_clang_format_diff_wrapper, args), files)
-    while True:
-        try:
-            outs, errs = next(it)
-        except StopIteration:
-            break
-        except DiffError as e:
-            print_trouble(parser.prog, str(e), use_colors=colored_stderr)
-            retcode = ExitStatus.TROUBLE
-            sys.stderr.writelines(e.errs)
-        except UnexpectedError as e:
-            print_trouble(parser.prog, str(e), use_colors=colored_stderr)
-            sys.stderr.write(e.formatted_traceback)
-            retcode = ExitStatus.TROUBLE
-            # stop at the first unexpected error,
-            # something could be very wrong,
-            # don't process all files unnecessarily
-            if pool:
-                pool.terminate()
-            break
-        else:
-            sys.stderr.writelines(errs)
-            if outs == []:
-                continue
-            if not args.quiet:
-                print_diff(outs, use_color=colored_stdout)
-            if retcode == ExitStatus.SUCCESS:
-                retcode = ExitStatus.DIFF
-    return retcode
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())