diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e60c9c0..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Lint
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-env:
-  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
-  FORCE_COLOR: 1
-  CLICOLOR_FORCE: 1
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11   # v4.1.1
-    - name: Set up Python 3.12
-      uses: actions/setup-python@65d7f2d534ac1bc67fcd62888c5f4f3d2cb2b236   # v4.7.1
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.12'
-        cache: pip
-    - run: python -m pip install --constraint=.github/workflows/constraints.txt pip setuptools wheel hatch
-    - name: Set up pre-commit cache
-      uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84   # v3.3.2
-      with:
-        path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
-        key: lint-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
-    - run: hatch run lint:all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index bc86785..e9744c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/lint.yml
   test:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yml
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f244c4f..5f68b81 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 ci:
   autofix_prs: false
   autoupdate_commit_msg: 'build: update pre-commit hooks'
-  autoupdate_schedule: weekly
-  skip: [licensecheck]
+  autoupdate_schedule: monthly
+  skip: [licensecheck] # does not run on pre-commit.ci, due to sqlite error, runs locally
 
 repos:
   # Ref: https://pre-commit.com/#meta-hooks
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2749048..04a1416 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ This is a community maintained fork of the original [sickle](https://github.com/
 
 |     |     |
 | --- | --- |
-| CI | [![ci][ci-badge]][ci-workflow] [![coverage][coverage-badge]][ci-workflow] |
+| CI | [![pre-commit.ci status][pre-commit-ci-badge]][pre-commit-ci-status] [![ci][ci-badge]][ci-workflow] [![coverage][coverage-badge]][ci-workflow] |
 | Docs | [![docs][docs-badge]][docs-workflow] |
-| Meta | [![OpenSSF Scorecard][scorecard-badge]][scorecard-url] [![hatch][hatch-badge]][hatch] [![pre-commit enabled][pre-commit-badge]][pre-commit] [![ruff][ruff-badge]][ruff] [![mypy][mypy-badge]][mypy] [![License][license-badge]][license] |
+| Meta | [![OpenSSF Scorecard][scorecard-badge]][scorecard-url] [![hatch][hatch-badge]][hatch] [![ruff][ruff-badge]][ruff] [![mypy][mypy-badge]][mypy] [![License][license-badge]][license] |
 
 oaipmh-scythe is a lightweight [OAI-PMH](http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html)
 client library written in Python. It has been designed for conveniently retrieving data from OAI interfaces the Pythonic way:
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ oaipmh-scythe is distributed under the terms of the [BSD](https://spdx.org/licen
 [ci-workflow]: https://github.com/afuetterer/oaipmh-scythe/actions/workflows/main.yml
 [ci-badge]: https://github.com/afuetterer/oaipmh-scythe/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg
 [coverage-badge]: https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/afuetterer/fcb87d45f4d7defdfeffa65eb1d65f63/raw/coverage-badge.json
+[pre-commit-ci-status]: https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/afuetterer/oaipmh-scythe/main
+[pre-commit-ci-badge]: https://results.pre-commit.ci/badge/github/afuetterer/oaipmh-scythe/main.svg
 [docs-url]: https://afuetterer.github.io/oaipmh-scythe
 [docs-workflow]: https://github.com/afuetterer/oaipmh-scythe/actions/workflows/docs.yml
 [docs-badge]: https://github.com/afuetterer/oaipmh-scythe/actions/workflows/docs.yml/badge.svg
@@ -64,8 +66,6 @@ oaipmh-scythe is distributed under the terms of the [BSD](https://spdx.org/licen
 [license-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD_3--Clause-blue.svg
 [hatch]: https://github.com/pypa/hatch
 [hatch-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%A5%9A-Hatch-4051b5.svg
-[pre-commit]: https://pre-commit.com/
-[pre-commit-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/pre--commit-enabled-brightgreen?logo=pre-commit&logoColor=white
 [ruff]: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff
 [ruff-badge]: https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charliermarsh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json
 [mypy]: https://mypy-lang.org