diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yaml
index 57ec62d..9674d55 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yaml
@@ -73,18 +73,25 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "smoke test passed"
 
+      # Lints run directly on the runner instead of via `docker run -v "$PWD:/src"`
+      # against the built image. Gitea runners are themselves containerized,
+      # so $PWD inside the runner is NOT a path the host docker daemon can bind
+      # mount; the previous approach surfaced as "Could not open input file"
+      # for every script. Running php/bash directly on the runner works because
+      # the runner image (ubuntu-latest) ships php-cli + bash, and the files
+      # exist in $PWD because the checkout step already populated them.
       - name: PHP syntax check
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           for f in scripts/*.php scripts/lib/*.php; do
-            docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/src" --entrypoint php cpanel-importer:smoke -l "/src/$f"
+            php -l "$f"
           done
 
       - name: Bash syntax check
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           for f in scripts/*.sh; do
-            docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/src" --entrypoint bash cpanel-importer:smoke -n "/src/$f"
+            bash -n "$f"
           done
 
       - name: Build and Push Image