diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d631700ac..20048f7f4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Please follow these guidelines:
 
 10. We aim for compatibility with ghc versions from 8.0 to the
     latest release.  All pull requests and commits are tested
-    automatically on CircleCI.
+    automatically on GitHub Actions.
 
 Tests
 -----
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28e3e4bc0..45dab0821 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ release](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/pandoc.svg?label=hackage)](http://hack
 [![homebrew](https://img.shields.io/homebrew/v/pandoc.svg)](http://brewformulas.org/Pandoc)
 [![stackage LTS
 package](http://stackage.org/package/pandoc/badge/lts)](http://stackage.org/lts/package/pandoc)
-[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/jgm/pandoc.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/jgm/pandoc)
 [![CI
 tests](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/workflows/CI%20tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/actions)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv2+-lightgray.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
diff --git a/README.template b/README.template
index bb2194f99..5eeafb9e3 100644
--- a/README.template
+++ b/README.template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Pandoc
 [![hackage release](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/pandoc.svg?label=hackage)](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/pandoc)
 [![homebrew](https://img.shields.io/homebrew/v/pandoc.svg)](http://brewformulas.org/Pandoc)
 [![stackage LTS package](http://stackage.org/package/pandoc/badge/lts)](http://stackage.org/lts/package/pandoc)
-[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/jgm/pandoc.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/jgm/pandoc)
 [![CI tests](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/workflows/CI%20tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/actions)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv2+-lightgray.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
 [![pandoc-discuss on google groups](https://img.shields.io/badge/pandoc-discuss-red.svg?style=social)](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pandoc-discuss)