diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
deleted file mode 100644
index a4fd6fc..0000000
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-Checks:          'abseil-*,bugprone-*,modernize-*,performance-*,readability-*,-readability-named-parameter,-readability-implicit-bool-conversion,-modernize-use-trailing-return-type'
-WarningsAsErrors: false
-AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
-FormatStyle:     file
-...
diff --git a/build-aux/clang-tidy b/build-aux/clang-tidy
deleted file mode 100755
index e20b6cc..0000000
--- a/build-aux/clang-tidy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
-trap 'rm -r "$tmpdir"' EXIT
-
-if [[ ! -d .git ]]; then
-  echo 'error: this script must be run from the repo root' >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ ! -f build/compile_commands.json ]]; then
-  echo 'error: build/compile_commands.json not found' >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-sed 's/-pipe //' build/compile_commands.json >"$tmpdir"/compile_commands.json
-
-git ls-files -z -- '*.cc' | xargs -0 clang-tidy -p "$tmpdir"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8b6748c..6ad6fae 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ install_data(
   install_dir : join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'zsh/site-functions'))
 
 run_target(
-  'tidy',
+  'fmt',
   command : [
-    join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'build-aux/clang-tidy')
+    join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'build-aux/source-format')
   ])
 
 # unit tests