diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 30ae15d95..81b730343 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Ensure copyright and license header are present
-        run: ./.github/linters/check_headers_exist.sh
-
       - name: Run pre-commit
         uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 035345532..bda55d38f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@ repos:
         entry: mypy
         args: ['--config-file=setup.cfg']
         additional_dependencies: ['mypy', 'types-PyYAML', 'types-requests', 'types-python-slugify', 'types-psycopg2']
+      - id: copyright-headers
+        name: copyright-headers
+        language: script
+        entry: bin/linters/check_headers_exist.sh
+
diff --git a/.github/linters/check_headers_exist.sh b/bin/linters/check_headers_exist.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/linters/check_headers_exist.sh
rename to bin/linters/check_headers_exist.sh