diff --git a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml b/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
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--- a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
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-name: formatting_check
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  formatting_check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: shell_check
-      run: .github/workflows/shell_check.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shell_check.sh b/.github/workflows/shell_check.sh
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--- a/.github/workflows/shell_check.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Purpose : Make sure all *.sh scripts are good
-# Author  : Ky-Anh Huynh
-
-set +x
-set +e
-
-if [[ -z "${USE_CURRENT_DIRECTORY:-}" ]]; then
-  cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" || exit
-fi
-
-: "${SHELL_CHECK_EXCLUDE:=}"
-
-# We are using shellcheck version ~ 0.7
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" =~ linux.*  ]] && ! shellcheck --version 2>/dev/null | grep -qs 'version: 0.7'; then
-  echo >&2 ":: Downloading shellcheck to $(pwd -P)..."
-  wget --quiet -cO shellcheck.txz https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.7.1/shellcheck-v0.7.1.linux.x86_64.tar.xz
-  tar xJf shellcheck.txz
-  PATH="$(pwd -P)"/shellcheck-v0.7.1/:$PATH
-  export PATH
-fi
-
-while read -r file; do
-  echo >&2 ":: Checking $file..."
-  shellcheck -e "${SHELL_CHECK_EXCLUDE}" "$file" || exit
-done < <( \
-  find . \
-    -type f \
-       -iname "*.sh"
-)
diff --git a/run_docker_gpu.sh b/run_docker_gpu.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-# Run Haystack API(on GPU) and Elasticsearch using Docker.
-#
-# docker-compose doesn't support GPUs in the current version. As a workaround,
-# this script runs haystack-api and Elasticsearch Docker Images separately.
-#
-# To use GPU with Docker, ensure nvidia-docker(https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker) is installed.
-
-docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -e "discovery.type=single-node" elasticsearch:7.9.2
-# alternative: for a demo you can also use this elasticsearch image with already indexed GoT articles
-#docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -e "discovery.type=single-node" deepset/elasticsearch-game-of-thrones
-
-# wait for Elasticsearch server to start
-sleep 30
-docker run --net=host --gpus all -e READER_MODEL_PATH=deepset/roberta-base-squad2 -d deepset/haystack-gpu:latest