diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 23a0de02cc717953c8b27edfb8c93575ff7b2cf0..78000ee0daa608bc2090904e29424a66b00900b9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,23 +5,14 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   CPU_CORES: "10"
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: "recursive"
 
 .template: &template
   stage: build
   tags:
   - fp
   script:
-  # prepare
-  - . build/opam-ci.sh $OPAM_PINS
-  - env | egrep '^(CI_BUILD_REF|CI_RUNNER)' > build-env.txt
-  # build
-  - 'time make -k -j$CPU_CORES TIMED=y 2>&1 | tee build-log.txt'
-  - 'if fgrep Axiom build-log.txt >/dev/null; then exit 1; fi'
-  - 'cat build-log.txt | egrep "[a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+ \((real|user): [0-9]" | tee build-time.txt'
-  # maybe validate
-  - 'if [[ -n "$VALIDATE" ]]; then make validate; fi'
-  # maybe create opam package
-  - 'if [[ -n "$OPAM_PKG" && "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" == gen_proofmode ]]; then curl --fail -X POST -F "token=$OPAM_UPDATE_SECRET" -F "ref=master" -F "variables[REPO]=$CI_PROJECT_URL.git" -F "variables[REF]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" -F "variables[SHA]=$CI_COMMIT_SHA" -F "variables[NAME]=$OPAM_PKG" -F "variables[OPAM_PREFIX]=branch.gen_proofmode" https://gitlab.mpi-sws.org/api/v4/projects/581/trigger/pipeline; fi'
+  - ci/buildjob
   cache:
     key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"
     paths:
@@ -52,12 +43,11 @@ build-coq.8.7.2:
   variables:
     OPAM_PINS: "coq version 8.7.2"
     OPAM_PKG: "coq-iris"
+    OPAM_PKG_BRANCH: "gen_proofmode"
+    TIMING_PROJECT: "iris"
+    TIMING_CONF: "coq-8.7.2"
   tags:
   - fp-timing
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-    - build-time.txt
-    - build-env.txt
 
 build-coq.8.7.1:
   <<: *template
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53648fdc2581a4d79760bf124d570b7692157ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "ci"]
+	path = ci
+	url = https://gitlab.mpi-sws.org/FP/iris-ci.git
diff --git a/build/opam-ci.sh b/build/opam-ci.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bc51df87ef1e4c3867512df9f8b309111109a151..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build/opam-ci.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
-## This script installs the build dependencies for CI builds.
-
-# Prepare OPAM configuration
-export OPAMROOT="$(pwd)/opamroot"
-export OPAMJOBS="$((2*$CPU_CORES))"
-export OPAM_EDITOR="$(which false)"
-
-# Make sure we got a good OPAM.
-test -d "$OPAMROOT" || (mkdir "$OPAMROOT" && opam init --no-setup -y)
-eval `opam conf env`
-
-# Make sure the pin for the builddep package is not stale.
-make build-dep/opam
-
-# Update repositories
-opam update
-
-# Make sure we got the right set of repositories registered
-if echo "$@" | fgrep "dev" > /dev/null; then
-    # We are compiling against a dev version of something.  Get ourselves the dev repositories.
-    test -d "$OPAMROOT/repo/coq-extra-dev" || opam repo add coq-extra-dev https://coq.inria.fr/opam/extra-dev -p 0
-    test -d "$OPAMROOT/repo/coq-core-dev" || opam repo add coq-core-dev https://coq.inria.fr/opam/core-dev -p 5
-else
-    # No dev version, make sure we do not have the dev repositories.
-    test -d "$OPAMROOT/repo/coq-extra-dev" && opam repo remove coq-extra-dev
-    test -d "$OPAMROOT/repo/coq-core-dev" && opam repo remove coq-core-dev
-fi
-test -d "$OPAMROOT/repo/coq-released" || opam repo add coq-released https://coq.inria.fr/opam/released -p 10
-test -d "$OPAMROOT/repo/iris-dev" || opam repo add iris-dev https://gitlab.mpi-sws.org/FP/opam-dev.git -p 20
-echo
-
-# We really want to run all of the following in one opam transaction, but due to opam limitations,
-# that is not currently possible.
-
-# Install fixed versions of some dependencies.
-echo
-while (( "$#" )); do # while there are arguments left
-    PACKAGE="$1" ; shift
-    KIND="$1" ; shift
-    VERSION="$1" ; shift
-
-    # Check if the pin is already set
-    read -a PIN <<< $(opam pin list | (egrep "^$PACKAGE[. ]"))
-    if [[ "${PIN[1]}" == "$KIND" && "${PIN[2]}" == "$VERSION" ]]; then
-        echo "[opam-ci] $PACKAGE already $KIND-pinned to $VERSION"
-    else
-        echo "[opam-ci] $KIND-pinning $PACKAGE to $VERSION"
-        opam pin add -y -k "$KIND" "$PACKAGE" "$VERSION"
-    fi
-done
-
-# Upgrade cached things.
-echo
-echo "[opam-ci] Upgrading opam"
-opam upgrade -y --fixup && opam upgrade -y
-
-# Install build-dependencies.
-echo
-echo "[opam-ci] Installing build-dependencies"
-make build-dep OPAMFLAGS=-y
-
-# done
-set +x
-echo
-coqc -v
diff --git a/ci b/ci
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b58c3b6db3087e19b01e54ec640b465e7262935e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b58c3b6db3087e19b01e54ec640b465e7262935e