relying on direct make

Author: tmonty12

.github/workflows/container-validation-backends.yml

@@ -76,13 +76,18 @@ jobs:
           cd deploy/cloud/operator
           docker build --target tester --progress=plain --build-arg DOCKER_PROXY=${ECR_HOSTNAME}/dockerhub/ .
 
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.24'
       - name: Check for uncommitted changes
         shell: bash
         env:
           ECR_HOSTNAME: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}.dkr.ecr.${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}.amazonaws.com
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y make
           cd deploy/cloud/operator
-          docker build --target checker --progress=plain --build-arg DOCKER_PROXY=${ECR_HOSTNAME}/dockerhub/ .
+          make check
       - name: Build Container
         id: build-image
         shell: bash

deploy/cloud/operator/Dockerfile

@@ -43,16 +43,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/li
 # Run tests using Makefile
 RUN make test
 
-# Check stage
-FROM base AS checker
-
-# Install make if not present
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Run check using Makefile
-RUN make check
-
-# Build stage - depends on successful lint, test and check
+# Build stage - depends on successful lint and test
 FROM base AS builder
 
 # Build the binary