diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4f3e1b7df0d..d751c3ee0da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           rustup update --no-self-update ${{ env.RUST_CHANNEL }}
           rustup component add --toolchain ${{ env.RUST_CHANNEL }} rustfmt rust-src
           rustup default ${{ env.RUST_CHANNEL }}
-
+      # https://github.com/actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain/blob/main/rust.json
       - name: Install Rust Problem Matcher
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/rust.json"
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
         run: cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D clippy::disallowed_macros -D clippy::dbg_macro -D clippy::todo -D clippy::print_stdout -D clippy::print_stderr
 
+      - name: rustfmt
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: cargo fmt -- --check
+
   # Weird targets to catch non-portable code
   rust-cross:
     if: github.repository == 'rust-lang/rust-analyzer'
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/tests/slow-tests/tidy.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/tests/slow-tests/tidy.rs
index 3e38fc3ebcd..78da4487d4c 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/tests/slow-tests/tidy.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/tests/slow-tests/tidy.rs
@@ -9,27 +9,6 @@
 #[cfg(not(feature = "in-rust-tree"))]
 use xshell::cmd;
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "in-rust-tree"))]
-#[test]
-fn check_code_formatting() {
-    let sh = &Shell::new().unwrap();
-    sh.change_dir(sourcegen::project_root());
-
-    let out = cmd!(sh, "rustup run stable rustfmt --version").read().unwrap();
-    if !out.contains("stable") {
-        panic!(
-            "Failed to run rustfmt from toolchain 'stable'. \
-                 Please run `rustup component add rustfmt --toolchain stable` to install it.",
-        )
-    }
-
-    let res = cmd!(sh, "rustup run stable cargo fmt -- --check").run();
-    if res.is_err() {
-        let _ = cmd!(sh, "rustup run stable cargo fmt").run();
-    }
-    res.unwrap()
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn check_lsp_extensions_docs() {
     let sh = &Shell::new().unwrap();