diff --git a/.ci/check-generate b/.ci/check-generate
deleted file mode 100755
index 90f2ffaddb7..00000000000
--- a/.ci/check-generate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-cd "$(dirname $0)/.."
-
-git config --global user.email "gardener@sap.com"
-git config --global user.name "Gardener CI/CD"
-
-apt-get update
-apt-get install -y unzip
-
-mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/gardener/gardener
-cp -r . /go/src/github.com/gardener/gardener
-cd /go/src/github.com/gardener/gardener
-
-make install-requirements
-make check-generate
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 94912b321d7..23edd15005c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -194,4 +194,4 @@ test-prometheus:
 verify: check format test
 
 .PHONY: verify-extended
-verify-extended: install-requirements check format test-cov test-cov-clean
+verify-extended: install-requirements check-generate check format test-cov test-cov-clean