diff --git a/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh b/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh
index 55ab16ef8..b73179bb4 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 # The -e flag causes the script to exit as soon as one command returns a non-zero exit code
 set -e
 
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
 echo "Validating XML file structure and linting XSD and XML files ..."
 
 PARSING_ERROR=0
 # Iterate all XML and XSD files
 while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' filename; do
   # Prettify the file using xmllint and save the result to ${filename}.pretty
-  if XMLLINT_INDENT=$'\t' xmllint --encode UTF-8 --format --pretty 1 "${filename}" >"${filename}.pretty"; then
+  if XMLLINT_INDENT=$'\t' $SCRIPT_DIR/xmllint --encode UTF-8 --format --pretty 1 "${filename}" >"${filename}.pretty"; then
     # Remove lines containing the term "xmlspy" to get rid of advertising this and save the result as ${filename}
     grep -i -v "xmlspy" "${filename}.pretty" >"${filename}"
   else
diff --git a/.github/scripts/validate-examples.sh b/.github/scripts/validate-examples.sh
index 0d3bd043f..6717dca9e 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/validate-examples.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/validate-examples.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 # The -e flag causes the script to exit as soon as one command returns a non-zero exit code
 set -e
 
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
 echo "Validating NeTEx XML examples ..."
 
-if xmllint --noout --schema xsd/NeTEx_publication.xsd examples/standards/efp/*.xml examples/standards/norway/*/*.xml examples/standards/nta/*.xml examples/standards/tap_tsi/*/*.xml && xmllint --noout --schema xsd/NeTEx_publication.xsd examples/standards/epiap/*xml examples/functions/deckPlans/*.xml && xmllint --noout --schema xsd/NeTEx_publication.xsd examples/functions/calendar/*.xml examples/functions/fares/*xml examples/functions/grouping/*xml examples/functions/newModes/*xml examples/functions/patterns/*xml examples/functions/pointOfInterest/*xml examples/functions/simpleNetwork/*xml examples/functions/site/*xml examples/functions/stopPlace/*xml examples/functions/timetable/*xml examples/functions/validityCondition/*xml examples/functions/variant/*xml examples/functions/vehicleSchedule/*xml examples/functions/versioning/*xml examples/standards/epip/*xml examples/standards/era_uic/*xml examples/standards/fxc/*xml examples/standards/gbfs/*xml examples/standards/gtfs/*xml examples/standards/neptune/*xml  examples/standards/noptis/*xml examples/standards/tap_tsi/*xml examples/standards/txc/*xml examples/standards/vdv452/*/*xml examples/standards/vdv452/*/*/*xml; then
+if $SCRIPT_DIR/xmllint --noout --schema xsd/NeTEx_publication.xsd examples/standards/efp/*.xml examples/standards/norway/*/*.xml examples/standards/nta/*.xml examples/standards/tap_tsi/*/*.xml examples/standards/epiap/*xml examples/functions/deckPlans/*.xml examples/functions/calendar/*.xml examples/functions/fares/*xml examples/functions/grouping/*xml examples/functions/newModes/*xml examples/functions/patterns/*xml examples/functions/pointOfInterest/*xml examples/functions/simpleNetwork/*xml examples/functions/site/*xml examples/functions/stopPlace/*xml examples/functions/timetable/*xml examples/functions/validityCondition/*xml examples/functions/variant/*xml examples/functions/vehicleSchedule/*xml examples/functions/versioning/*xml examples/standards/epip/*xml examples/standards/era_uic/*xml examples/standards/fxc/*xml examples/standards/gbfs/*xml examples/standards/gtfs/*xml examples/standards/neptune/*xml  examples/standards/noptis/*xml examples/standards/tap_tsi/*xml examples/standards/txc/*xml examples/standards/vdv452/*/*xml examples/standards/vdv452/*/*/*xml; then
   echo -e '\033[0;32mValidating NeTEx XML examples succeeded\033[0m'
 else
   echo -e '\033[0;31mValidating NeTEx XML examples failed\033[0m'
diff --git a/.github/scripts/xmllint b/.github/scripts/xmllint
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cc428f347
Binary files /dev/null and b/.github/scripts/xmllint differ
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 650cbc2c3..2ec17fa42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Install xmllint and xsltproc
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils xsltproc
+      # - name: Install xmllint and xsltproc
+      #  run: |
+      #    sudo apt-get update
+      #    sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils xsltproc
 
       - name: Validate structure and lint XSD and XML files
         run: ./.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh