diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a05c9852a..a3605457f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           command: ci/check_all_ci_scripts_are_run.sh
       - run:
           name: 'Check if all GUCs are sorted alphabetically'
-          command: |
-            set -euo pipefail
-            grep -o -E "(\.*\"citus.\w+\")," src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c > gucs.out
-            sort -c gucs.out
+          command: ci/check_gucs_are_alphabetically_sorted.sh
 
   check-sql-snapshots:
     docker:
diff --git a/ci/check_gucs_are_alphabetically_sorted.sh b/ci/check_gucs_are_alphabetically_sorted.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56d8d879f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/check_gucs_are_alphabetically_sorted.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+set -euo pipefail
+grep -o -E "(\.*\"citus.\w+\")," src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c > gucs.out
+sort -c gucs.out
diff --git a/ci/check_gucs_order.py b/ci/check_gucs_order.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e15de71cf..000000000
--- a/ci/check_gucs_order.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-fileDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath('__file__'))
-filename = os.path.join(fileDir, 'src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c')
-shared_library_init = open(filename, 'r')
-lines = shared_library_init.readlines()
-getnextline = False
-previous_guc = ''
-for line in lines:
-    if getnextline:
-        if line < previous_guc:
-            exit(1)
-        previous_guc = line
-        getnextline = False
-    if 'DefineCustom' in line:
-        getnextline = True