diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 40676442..00000000
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-run:
-  timeout: 10m
-
-linters:
-  disable-all: true
-  enable:
-    - dupl
-    - errorlint
-    - gofmt
-    - goimports
-    - gomodguard
-    - gosimple
-    - govet
-    - ineffassign
-    - misspell
-    - nakedret
-    - revive
-    - unused
-    - staticcheck
-
-linters-settings:
-  gofmt:
-    simplify: true
-  gomodguard:
-    blocked:
-      modules:
-        - github.com/pkg/errors:
-            recommendations:
-              - errors
-              - fmt
-  dupl:
-    threshold: 400
diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md
index 785c5d11..63efe0b3 100644
--- a/HACKING.md
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ The following make targets are relevant for any work involving the Go packages.
 
 ### Linting
 
-The included Go source code is being examined for any linting violations not included in the standard Go compiler.
-Linting is done using [golangci-lint][golangci-lint].
+The included Go source code is being examined for any linting violations by the standard Go compiler.
 
 Invocation:
 
@@ -106,6 +105,5 @@ make img/media-types.png
 ```
 
 [docker]: https://www.docker.com/
-[golangci-lint]: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
 [graphviz]: https://www.graphviz.org/
 [jq]: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 72cce275..2caf206f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ check-license: ## check license headers in source files
 lint: lint-go lint-md ## Run all linters
 
 .PHONY: lint-go
-lint-go: .install.lint ## lint check of Go files using golangci-lint
-	@echo "checking Go lint"
-	@GO111MODULE=on $(GOPATH)/bin/golangci-lint run
-	@[ "$$BUILD_SPEC_MODULE_ONLY" = true ] || { cd schema && GO111MODULE=on $(GOPATH)/bin/golangci-lint run; }
+lint-go: ## run various checks on the Go files
+	test -z "$$(go fmt ./...)"
+	go vet ./...
+	[ "$$BUILD_SPEC_MODULE_ONLY" = true ] || ( cd schema && test -z "$$(go fmt ./...)" && go vet ./... )
 
 .PHONY: lint-md
 lint-md: ## Run linting for markdown
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ lint-md: ## Run linting for markdown
 .PHONY: test
 test: ## run the unit tests
 	go test -race -cover ./...
-	[ "$$BUILD_SPEC_MODULE_ONLY" = true ] || { cd schema && go test -race -cover ./...; }
+	[ "$$BUILD_SPEC_MODULE_ONLY" = true ] || ( cd schema && go test -race -cover ./... )
 
 img/%.png: img/%.dot ## generate PNG from dot file
 	dot -Tpng $^ > $@
@@ -116,16 +116,6 @@ endif
 .PHONY: .install.tools
 install.tools: $(TOOLS:%=.install.%)
 
-.PHONY: .install.lint
-.install.lint:
-	case "$$(go env GOVERSION)" in \
-	go1.18.*)	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.47.3;; \
-	go1.19.*)	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.54.1;; \
-	go1.20.*)	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.55.2;; \
-	go1.21.*)	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.59.1;; \
-	*) go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest;; \
-	esac
-
 .PHONY: .install.gitvalidation
 .install.gitvalidation:
 	go install github.com/vbatts/git-validation@latest