diff --git a/.githooks/check-tests-python.sh b/.githooks/check-tests-python.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..485065fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/check-tests-python.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PYTHON=${PYTHON:-python}
+
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+VENV="${HERE}/.venv"
+
+[ -d $VENV ] || $PYTHON -m venv $VENV
+source $VENV/bin/activate
+
+
+$PYTHON -m ruff --version >/dev/null || $PYTHON -m pip install ruff
+$PYTHON -m mypy --version >/dev/null || $PYTHON -m pip install mypy
+$PYTHON -m pytest --version >/dev/null || $PYTHON -m pip install pytest
+
+cd tests
+
+# FIXME run all of them and then exit with correct code
+python3 -m ruff check .
+python3 -m ruff format --check .
+mypy .
diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index a78365acb..b7831500d 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# File generated by pre-commit: https://pre-commit.com
-# ID: 138fd403232d2ddd5efb44317e38bf03
-
-# start templated
-INSTALL_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
-ARGS=(hook-impl --config=.pre-commit-config.yaml --hook-type=pre-commit)
-# end templated
+set -euo pipefail
 
 HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-ARGS+=(--hook-dir "$HERE" -- "$@")
+CHECK_TEST_PYTHON="${HERE}/check-tests-python.sh"
+
+path_unchanged()
+{
+  ! git diff --cached --name-only | grep $1 >/dev/null
+}
+
+check()
+{
+  if [ -z ${PRE_COMMIT_STASH+x} ]; then
+    PRE_COMMIT_STASH=1
+
+    clean_up ()
+    {
+      git stash pop
+    }
+
+    if ! git diff -s --exit-code; then
+      git stash push --keep-index
+      trap clean_up EXIT
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  $@
+}
 
-if [ -x "$INSTALL_PYTHON" ]; then
-    exec "$INSTALL_PYTHON" -mpre_commit "${ARGS[@]}"
-elif command -v pre-commit > /dev/null; then
-    exec pre-commit "${ARGS[@]}"
-else
-    echo '`pre-commit` not found.  Did you forget to activate your virtualenv?' 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
+path_unchanged ^tests/ || check $CHECK_TEST_PYTHON
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Containerfile b/.github/workflows/Containerfile
index ad7e899dc..7027e7486 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Containerfile
+++ b/.github/workflows/Containerfile
@@ -61,8 +61,5 @@ RUN apt install -y --no-install-recommends python3-pip
 RUN pip install --user --break-system-packages furo">=2024.04.27" \
     sphinx-copybutton sphinxext-opengraph matplotlib
 
-# Install pre-commit
-RUN pip install --user --break-system-packages pre-commit
-
 # Install qdbusxml2cpp
 RUN apt install -y --no-install-recommends qt6-base-dev-tools
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 652d5f167..11ca3fa3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out xdg-desktop-portal
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Run pre-commit hooks
+      - name: Run checks
         run: |
-          export PYTHONPATH="/root/.local/lib/python$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("{}.{}".format(*sys.version_info))')/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
-          export PATH="/root/.local/bin:$PATH"
-          pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files
+          .githooks/check-tests-python.sh
 
       - name: Check POTFILES.in
         run: .github/workflows/check-potfiles.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container.yml b/.github/workflows/container.yml
index 7ecf61d3b..59c71c5e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 env:
-  IMAGE_TAG: 20241211-1
+  IMAGE_TAG: 2025-01-17.0
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9752aedb3..000000000
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-repos:
-- repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  # Ruff version.
-  rev: v0.7.0
-  hooks:
-    # Run the linter.
-    - id: ruff
-    # Run the formatter.
-    - id: ruff-format
-      args: [ --check ]