diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 99dedcea5e..91d057a6fc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ commands =
   {toxinidir}/tools/build-all-rst.sh --linkcheck
 
 [testenv:checkniceness]
+# Will be replaced by linters
 commands =
   flake8
   doc8 doc
-  bash -c "find doc -type f -regex '.*\.pot?' -print0|xargs -0 -n 1 msgfmt --check-format -o /dev/null"
   {toxinidir}/tools/glossary-sort.sh
 
+[testenv:linters]
+commands =  {[testenv:checkniceness]commands}
+
 [testenv:checkbuild]
 commands =
   {toxinidir}/tools/publishdocs.sh build