diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7415a2345..f8719e605 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ install:
   - protoc --version
   - go get -u github.com/vbatts/git-validation
   - go get -u github.com/kunalkushwaha/ltag
+  - go get -u github.com/LK4D4/vndr
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_GOOS" = "linux" ]; then sudo PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH script/setup/install-runc ; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_GOOS" = "linux" ]; then sudo PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH script/setup/install-cni ; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_GOOS" = "linux" ]; then sudo PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH script/setup/install-critools ; fi
@@ -52,13 +53,16 @@ install:
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_GOOS" = "linux" ]; then cd /tmp/criu-3.7 && sudo make install-criu ; fi
   - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
 
+before_script:
+  - pushd ..; git clone https://github.com/containerd/project; popd
+
 script:
   - export GOOS=$TRAVIS_GOOS
   - export CGO_ENABLED=$TRAVIS_CGO_ENABLED
-  - DCO_VERBOSITY=-q script/validate/dco
-  - script/validate/fileheader
+  - DCO_VERBOSITY=-q ../project/script/validate/dco
+  - ../project/script/validate/fileheader ../project/
+  - ../project/script/validate/vendor
   - GOOS=linux script/setup/install-dev-tools
-  - script/validate/vendor
   - go build -i .
   - make check
   - if [ "$GOOS" = "linux" ]; then make check-protos check-api-descriptors; fi
diff --git a/script/setup/install-dev-tools b/script/setup/install-dev-tools
index 2e13a8692..d49932dd8 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-dev-tools
+++ b/script/setup/install-dev-tools
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 go get -u github.com/stevvooe/protobuild
 go get -u github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
 gometalinter --install >/dev/null
-go get -u github.com/LK4D4/vndr
 go get -u github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man
diff --git a/script/validate/dco b/script/validate/dco
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a104ab3e..000000000
--- a/script/validate/dco
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-#   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#   limitations under the License.
-
-
-set -eu -o pipefail
-
-if ! command -v git-validation; then
-    >&2 echo "ERROR: git-validation not found. Install with:"
-    >&2 echo "    go get -u github.com/vbatts/git-validation"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-verbosity="${DCO_VERBOSITY--v}"
-GIT_CHECK_EXCLUDE="./vendor:./script/validate/template" git-validation "$verbosity" -run DCO,short-subject,dangling-whitespace
diff --git a/script/validate/fileheader b/script/validate/fileheader
deleted file mode 100755
index ef5fa287f..000000000
--- a/script/validate/fileheader
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-#   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#   limitations under the License.
-
-
-set -eu -o pipefail
-
-if ! command -v ltag; then
-    >&2 echo "ERROR: ltag not found. Install with:"
-    >&2 echo "    go get -u github.com/kunalkushwaha/ltag"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-ltag -t script/validate/template --check -v
diff --git a/script/validate/template/bash.txt b/script/validate/template/bash.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b8424f326..000000000
--- a/script/validate/template/bash.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#   limitations under the License.
-
diff --git a/script/validate/template/dockerfile.txt b/script/validate/template/dockerfile.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b8424f326..000000000
--- a/script/validate/template/dockerfile.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#   limitations under the License.
-
diff --git a/script/validate/template/go.txt b/script/validate/template/go.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index bee278d30..000000000
--- a/script/validate/template/go.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
-*/
-
diff --git a/script/validate/template/makefile.txt b/script/validate/template/makefile.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b8424f326..000000000
--- a/script/validate/template/makefile.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#   limitations under the License.
-
diff --git a/script/validate/vendor b/script/validate/vendor
deleted file mode 100755
index e32846299..000000000
--- a/script/validate/vendor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-#   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#   limitations under the License.
-
-
-set -eu -o pipefail
-
-rm -rf vendor/
-vndr |& grep -v -i clone
-
-DIFF_PATH="vendor/"
-DIFF=$(git status --porcelain -- "$DIFF_PATH")
-
-if [ "$DIFF" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "These files were modified:"
-    echo
-    echo "$DIFF"
-    echo
-    exit 1
-else
-    echo "$DIFF_PATH is correct"
-fi