diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 234a9cbc..cae787aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,25 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
+  check_commit:
+    name: Check Commit Message
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # A PR should not contain too many commits
+          fetch-depth: 10
+      - name: Validate commit messages
+        run: |
+          git show-ref
+          curl -sSfL https://github.com/convco/convco/releases/latest/download/convco-ubuntu.zip | zcat > convco
+          chmod +x convco
+          ./convco check ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}..${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          rm convco
+
   linux_dbus:
     name: linux (matrixed)
+    needs: check_commit
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -47,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
   windows:
     name: windows
+    needs: check_commit
     runs-on: windows-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -78,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
   macos:
     name: macos
+    needs: check_commit
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b9120df..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Pull request
-# This workflow is triggered on pushes to the repository.
-on: [ pull_request ]
-
-jobs:
-  check:
-    name: Check Commit Message
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          # A PR should not contain too many commits
-          fetch-depth: 10
-      - name: Validate commit messages
-        run: |
-          git show-ref
-          curl -sSfL https://github.com/convco/convco/releases/latest/download/convco-ubuntu.zip | zcat > convco
-          chmod +x convco
-          ./convco check ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}..${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          rm convco