diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9320df49b..2739e1ec1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ jobs:
             - py-docs
             - wheelhouse
 
-  remote_tests_python:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: ci_scripts/remote_tests_python.sh
-
   upload_docs_wheels:
     machine: true
     steps:
@@ -55,11 +49,6 @@ workflows:
 
   test:
     jobs:
-      - remote_tests_python:
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /.*/
-
       - remote_python_packaging:
           filters:
             branches:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/remote_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/remote_tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd2c00270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/remote_tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Remote tests
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  remote_tests_python:
+    name: Remote Python tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      CIRCLE_BRANCH: ${{ github.ref }}
+      CIRCLE_JOB: remote_tests_python
+      CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM: ${{ github.run_number }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: mkdir -m 700 -p ~/.ssh
+      - run: touch ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+      - run: chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+      - run: 'echo "$SSH_KEY" | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
+      - run: ci_scripts/remote_tests_python.sh