diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index d0cf039..5981280 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 linters:
   enable:
+    - misspell
     - revive
-  disable:
-    - deadcode
-    - unused
-    - structcheck
-    - varcheck
-
-issues:
-  exclude-rules:
-    - path: _test.go
-      linters:
-        - errcheck
 
 linters-settings:
   errcheck:
-    exclude: scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
+    exclude-functions:
+      # Used in HTTP handlers, any error is handled by the server itself.
+      - (net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
+      # Never check for logger errors.
+      - (github.com/go-kit/log.Logger).Log
+  revive:
+    rules:
+      # https://github.com/mgechev/revive/blob/master/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#unused-parameter
+      - name: unused-parameter
+        severity: warning
+        disabled: true
diff --git a/collector/collector.go b/collector/collector.go
index 11a5a26..967f4cc 100644
--- a/collector/collector.go
+++ b/collector/collector.go
@@ -121,49 +121,3 @@ var ErrNoData = errors.New("collector returned no data")
 func IsNoDataError(err error) bool {
 	return err == ErrNoData
 }
-
-// pushMetric helps construct and convert a variety of value types into Prometheus float64 metrics.
-func pushMetric(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, fieldDesc *prometheus.Desc, name string, value interface{}, valueType prometheus.ValueType, labelValues ...string) {
-	var fVal float64
-	switch val := value.(type) {
-	case uint8:
-		fVal = float64(val)
-	case uint16:
-		fVal = float64(val)
-	case uint32:
-		fVal = float64(val)
-	case uint64:
-		fVal = float64(val)
-	case int64:
-		fVal = float64(val)
-	case *uint8:
-		if val == nil {
-			return
-		}
-		fVal = float64(*val)
-	case *uint16:
-		if val == nil {
-			return
-		}
-		fVal = float64(*val)
-	case *uint32:
-		if val == nil {
-			return
-		}
-		fVal = float64(*val)
-	case *uint64:
-		if val == nil {
-			return
-		}
-		fVal = float64(*val)
-	case *int64:
-		if val == nil {
-			return
-		}
-		fVal = float64(*val)
-	default:
-		return
-	}
-
-	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(fieldDesc, valueType, fVal, labelValues...)
-}
diff --git a/config/example/config.yaml b/config/example/config.yaml
index c338c1d..6ee2cf6 100644
--- a/config/example/config.yaml
+++ b/config/example/config.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ probes:
     username:
     password:
     topic:
-    qos:
\ No newline at end of file
+    qos:
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index d0fb216..400f39b 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func runCommandAndTests(cmd *exec.Cmd, address string, fn func(pid int) error) e
 
 	err := <-errc
 	if cmd.Process != nil {
-		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
 	}
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt b/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 14b824f..0000000
--- a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-// Used in HTTP handlers, any error is handled by the server itself.
-(net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
-// Never check for logger errors.
-(github.com/go-kit/log.Logger).Log