diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 02bf7fb0..e4332da1 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -30,19 +30,11 @@ linters:
       - common-false-positives
       - legacy
       - std-error-handling
-    paths:
-      - third_party$
-      - builtin$
-      - examples$
     rules:
       - linters:
           - errcheck
         # Taken from the default exclusions in v1.
         text: Error return value of .((os\.)?std(out|err)\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\.Remove(All)?|.*print(f|ln)?|os\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked
-      - linters:
-          - govet
-        # We use many Seek methods that do not follow the usual pattern.
-        text: "stdmethods: method Seek.* should have signature Seek"
       - linters:
           - revive
         # We have stopped at some point to write doc comments on exported symbols.
@@ -51,15 +43,6 @@ linters:
       - linters:
           - gocritic
         text: "appendAssign"
-      - linters:
-          - errcheck
-        path: _test.go
-      - linters:
-          - errorlint
-        path: "tsdb/head_wal.go"
-      - linters:
-          - godot
-        source: "^// ==="
     warn-unused: true
   settings:
     depguard:
@@ -180,9 +163,3 @@ formatters:
     goimports:
       local-prefixes:
         - github.com/prometheus/common
-  exclusions:
-    generated: lax
-    paths:
-      - third_party$
-      - builtin$
-      - examples$