diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb7087528f8..d3f7b05c6e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /bin
 lib/*
 /tetragon
-/tetragon-alignchecker
+/alignchecker
 /tetragon-bench
 /tetragon-operator
 /tetra
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f9523b1e580..f85dfbeba0d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ endif
 GO_BUILD = CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=$(GOARCH) $(GO) build $(GO_BUILD_FLAGS)
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: tetragon-bpf tetragon tetra tetragon-alignchecker test-compile tester-progs protoc-gen-go-tetragon tetragon-bench
+all: tetragon-bpf tetragon tetra test-compile tester-progs protoc-gen-go-tetragon tetragon-bench
 
 -include Makefile.docker
 -include Makefile.cli
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ tetragon-bpf-container:
 verify: tetragon-bpf
 	sudo contrib/verify/verify.sh bpf/objs
 
-.PHONY: tetragon tetra tetragon-operator tetragon-alignchecker tetragon-bench
+.PHONY: tetragon tetra tetragon-operator tetragon-bench
 tetragon:
 	$(GO_BUILD) ./cmd/tetragon/
 
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ tetragon-bench:
 tetragon-operator:
 	$(GO_BUILD) -o $@ ./operator
 
-tetragon-alignchecker:
-	$(GO_BUILD) -o $@ ./tools/alignchecker/
+.PHONY: alignchecker
+alignchecker:
+	$(GO) test -c ./pkg/alignchecker -o alignchecker
 
 .PHONY: ksyms
 ksyms:
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ vendor:
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: cli-clean tarball-clean
 	$(MAKE) -C ./bpf clean
-	rm -f go-tests/*.test ./ksyms ./tetragon ./tetragon-operator ./tetra ./tetragon-alignchecker
+	rm -f go-tests/*.test ./ksyms ./tetragon ./tetragon-operator ./tetra ./alignchecker
 	rm -f contrib/sigkill-tester/sigkill-tester contrib/namespace-tester/test_ns contrib/capabilities-tester/test_caps
 	$(MAKE) -C $(TESTER_PROGS_DIR) clean
 
diff --git a/bpf/alignchecker/bpf_alignchecker.c b/bpf/alignchecker/bpf_alignchecker.c
index 18196b0917f..1f1ff8fbaa8 100644
--- a/bpf/alignchecker/bpf_alignchecker.c
+++ b/bpf/alignchecker/bpf_alignchecker.c
@@ -7,18 +7,19 @@
 #include "process/retprobe_map.h"
 #include "process/types/basic.h"
 
-struct msg_generic_kprobe _1;
-struct msg_execve_event _2;
-struct msg_exit _3;
-struct msg_test _4;
-struct msg_cgroup_event _5;
-struct msg_cred _6;
-struct msg_cred_minimal _7;
+// event messages
+struct msg_generic_kprobe _msg_generic_kprobe;
+struct msg_execve_event _msg_execve_event;
+struct msg_exit _msg_exit;
+struct msg_test _msg_test;
+struct msg_cgroup_event _msg_cgroup_event;
+struct msg_cred _msg_cred;
+struct msg_cred_minimal _msg_cred_minimal;
 
 // from maps
-struct event _8;
-struct msg_execve_key _9;
-struct execve_map_value _10;
-struct event_config _11;
-struct tetragon_conf _12;
-struct cgroup_tracking_value _13;
+struct event _event;
+struct msg_execve_key _msg_execve_key;
+struct execve_map_value _execve_map_value;
+struct event_config _event_config;
+struct tetragon_conf _tetragon_conf;
+struct cgroup_tracking_value _cgroup_tracking_value;
diff --git a/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go b/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go
index 59d7c6a40f6..5a7092a5fc3 100644
--- a/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go
+++ b/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker.go
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // Copyright Authors of Tetragon
+
 package alignchecker
 
 import (
-	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/confapi"
+	"github.com/cilium/cilium/pkg/alignchecker"
+
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/processapi"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/testapi"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/tracingapi"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/sensors/cgroup/cgrouptrackmap"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/sensors/config/confmap"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/sensors/exec/execvemap"
-
-	check "github.com/cilium/cilium/pkg/alignchecker"
 )
 
 // CheckStructAlignments checks whether size and offsets of the C and Go
@@ -24,39 +24,24 @@ import (
 // `align:"field_name_in_c_struct". In the case of unnamed union field, such
 // union fields can be referred with special tags - `align:"$union0"`,
 // `align:"$union1"`, etc.
-func CheckStructAlignments(path string) error {
-	// Validate alignments of C and Go equivalent structs
-	toCheck := map[string][]any{
+func CheckStructAlignments(pathToObj string) error {
+	alignments := map[string][]any{
 		// from perf_event_output
-		"msg_exit":              {processapi.MsgExitEvent{}},
-		"msg_test":              {testapi.MsgTestEvent{}},
-		"msg_execve_key":        {processapi.MsgExecveKey{}},
-		"execve_map_value":      {execvemap.ExecveValue{}},
-		"event_config":          {tracingapi.EventConfig{}},
-		"tetragon_conf":         {confapi.TetragonConf{}},
-		"cgroup_tracking_value": {processapi.MsgCgroupData{}},
-		"msg_cgroup_event":      {processapi.MsgCgroupEvent{}},
-		"msg_cred":              {tracingapi.MsgGenericCred{}},
-		"msg_cred_minimal":      {processapi.MsgGenericCredMinimal{}},
-	}
-
-	confMap := map[string][]any{
+		"msg_exit":         {processapi.MsgExitEvent{}},
+		"msg_test":         {testapi.MsgTestEvent{}},
+		"msg_execve_key":   {processapi.MsgExecveKey{}},
+		"execve_map_value": {execvemap.ExecveValue{}},
+		"msg_cgroup_event": {processapi.MsgCgroupEvent{}},
+		"msg_cred":         {tracingapi.MsgGenericCred{}},
+		"msg_cred_minimal": {processapi.MsgGenericCredMinimal{}},
+
+		// configuration
+		"event_config":  {tracingapi.EventConfig{}},
 		"tetragon_conf": {confmap.TetragonConfValue{}},
-	}
 
-	cgrpmap := map[string][]any{
+		// cgroup
 		"cgroup_tracking_value": {cgrouptrackmap.CgrpTrackingValue{}},
 	}
 
-	err := check.CheckStructAlignments(path, toCheck, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = check.CheckStructAlignments(path, confMap, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return check.CheckStructAlignments(path, cgrpmap, true)
+	return alignchecker.CheckStructAlignments(pathToObj, alignments, true)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker_test.go b/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker_test.go
index fedbd9e3496..9977da446cf 100644
--- a/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/alignchecker/alignchecker_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	tus "github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/testutils/sensors"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 var tetragonLib string
@@ -22,12 +23,9 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestStructAlignments(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_Alignments(t *testing.T) {
 	bpfObjPath := filepath.Join(tetragonLib, "bpf_alignchecker.o")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(bpfObjPath); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Cannot check alignment against %s: %s\n", bpfObjPath, err)
-	}
-	if err := CheckStructAlignments(bpfObjPath); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("C and Go structs alignment check failed: %s\n", err)
-	}
+
+	err := CheckStructAlignments(bpfObjPath)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "structs must align")
 }
diff --git a/tools/alignchecker/main.go b/tools/alignchecker/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 44f36e84127..00000000000
--- a/tools/alignchecker/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// Copyright Authors of Tetragon
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	checker "github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/alignchecker"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	bpfObjPath := "bpf/objs/bpf_alignchecker.o"
-
-	if len(os.Args) != 2 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "usage: %s <path>\n", os.Args[0])
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "using: %s as object file\n", bpfObjPath)
-	} else {
-		bpfObjPath = os.Args[1]
-	}
-
-	if _, err := os.Stat(bpfObjPath); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Cannot check alignment against %s: %s\n", bpfObjPath, err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	if err := checker.CheckStructAlignments(bpfObjPath); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "C and Go structs alignment check failed: %s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "OK\n")
-}