diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2151a4195..000000000
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-
-version: 2
-
-jobs:
-  misspell:
-    docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.14
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Misspell Install
-          command: make install-misspell
-      - run:
-          name: Misspell check
-          command: make misspell
-
-workflows:
-  version: 2
-  check-errors:
-    jobs:
-      - misspell
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb3a52519..72d5f9267 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ bin
 .swp
 
 # Misspell binary
-.tools
\ No newline at end of file
+internal/tools/bin
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f62078b90..55322fe5d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,23 +2,24 @@
 ALL_DOCS := $(shell find . -name '*.md' -not -path './.github/*' -type f | grep -v ^./node_modules | sort)
 PWD := $(shell pwd)
 
-TOOLS_DIR := ./.tools
-MISSPELL_BINARY=$(TOOLS_DIR)/misspell
+TOOLS_DIR := ./internal/tools
+MISSPELL_BINARY=bin/misspell
+MISSPELL = $(TOOLS_DIR)/$(MISSPELL_BINARY)
 MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK=markdown-link-check
 MARKDOWN_LINT=markdownlint
 
 
 .PHONY: install-misspell
 install-misspell:
-	go build -o $(MISSPELL_BINARY) github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
+	cd $(TOOLS_DIR) && go build -o $(MISSPELL_BINARY) github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
 
 .PHONY: misspell
 misspell:
-	$(MISSPELL_BINARY) -error $(ALL_DOCS)
+	$(MISSPELL) -error $(ALL_DOCS)
 
 .PHONY: misspell-correction
 misspell-correction:
-	$(MISSPELL_BINARY) -w $(ALL_DOCS)
+	$(MISSPELL) -w $(ALL_DOCS)
 
 .PHONY: install-markdown-link-check
 install-markdown-link-check:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 05d2650f5..000000000
--- a/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification
-
-go 1.12
-
-require github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeac23a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/internal/tools
+
+go 1.12
+
+require github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
similarity index 100%
rename from go.sum
rename to internal/tools/go.sum
diff --git a/internal/tools.go b/internal/tools/tools.go
similarity index 98%
rename from internal/tools.go
rename to internal/tools/tools.go
index 239c89ea5..bfa021b18 100644
--- a/internal/tools.go
+++ b/internal/tools/tools.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 // +build tools
 
-package internal
+package tools
 
 // This file follows the recommendation at
 // https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules#how-can-i-track-tool-dependencies-for-a-module