diff --git a/.github/workflows/unused-imports.yml b/.github/workflows/unused-imports.yml
index 6bb3d2cc7..83098ddf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unused-imports.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unused-imports.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
-name: Pylint
-
-on: [push]
+name: Check for unused imports using Pylint
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review, locked]
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install pylint
     - name: Analysing the code with pylint
       run: |
-        make unused-imports
+        tmp=$(git ls-files *.py | xargs pylint | grep W0611 | wc -l)
+        if [[ $tmp -gt 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Found $tmp occurrence of unused Python import statements!"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        exit 0