diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c38701a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Unit Tests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9']
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install .[contrib]
+        pip install coverage codecov
+    - name: Test with unittest
+      run: |
+        coverage run -m unittest -v
+    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verification.yml b/.github/workflows/verification.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de6e1a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/verification.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Static Checks
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.9'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install .[contrib]
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        flake8 tardis tests setup.py
+    - name: Format with black
+      run: |
+        black tardis tests setup.py --diff --check --target-version py36
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d7679cc1..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-
-python:
-  - "3.6"
-  - "3.7"
-  - "3.8"
-  - "3.9"
-  - "nightly" # currently points to 3.8-dev
-  - "pypy3"
-
-os:
-  - linux
-
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-  - python: "nightly"
-  - python: "pypy3"
-  include:
-    - python: 3.7
-      name: Style
-      dist: xenial
-      script:
-        - python -m flake8 tardis tests setup.py
-        - python -m black --target-version py36 --check tardis/ tests/ setup.py
-  fast_finish: true
-
-install:
-  - pip install codecov
-  - pip install coverage
-  - pip install .[contrib]
-  - pip install git+https://github.com/MatterMiners/cobald.git
-
-script: coverage run setup.py test
-
-after_success:
-  - coverage report
-  - codecov
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 880d4f70..256ddd32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/MatterMiners/tardis.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/MatterMiners/tardis)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/MatterMiners/tardis/actions/workflows/unittests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/MatterMiners/tardis/actions/workflows/unittests.yml)
+[![Verification](https://github.com/MatterMiners/tardis/actions/workflows/verification.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/MatterMiners/tardis/actions/workflows/verification.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/MatterMiners/tardis/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/MatterMiners/tardis)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/cobald-tardis/badge/?version=latest)](https://cobald-tardis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 [![Development and Help Chat](https://badges.gitter.im/MatterMiners.png)](https://gitter.im/MatterMiners/community)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 615818bb..3a46a9c5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
     extras_require={
         "docs": ["sphinx", "sphinx_rtd_theme", "sphinxcontrib-contentui"],
         "test": TESTS_REQUIRE,
-        "contrib": ["flake8", "flake8-bugbear", "black"] + TESTS_REQUIRE,
+        "contrib": ["flake8", "flake8-bugbear", "black; implementation_name=='cpython'"]
+        + TESTS_REQUIRE,
     },
     tests_require=TESTS_REQUIRE,
     zip_safe=False,