diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 5ed06537bd..0bcfc63edc 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # This file configures github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.
-version: '2'
+version: "2"
+
 run:
   tests: true
+
 linters:
   default: none
   enable:
@@ -14,83 +16,51 @@ linters:
     - mirror
     - misspell
     - reassign
-    - revive # only certain checks enabled
+    - revive  # only certain checks enabled
     - staticcheck
     - unconvert
     - unused
     - usetesting
     - whitespace
-    ### linters we tried and will not be using:
-    ###
-    # - structcheck # lots of false positives
-    # - errcheck #lot of false positives
-    # - contextcheck
-    # - errchkjson # lots of false positives
-    # - errorlint # this check crashes
-    # - exhaustive # silly check
-    # - makezero # false positives
-    # - nilerr # several intentional
-  settings:
-    staticcheck:
-      checks:
-        # disable Quickfixes
-        - -QF1*
-    revive:
-      enable-all-rules: false
-      # here we enable specific useful rules
-      # see https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/#revive for supported rules
-      rules:
-        - name: receiver-naming
-          severity: warning
-          disabled: false
-          exclude:
-            - ''
-  exclusions:
-    generated: lax
-    presets:
-      - comments
-      - common-false-positives
-      - legacy
-      - std-error-handling
+
+# Linters we tried and will not be using:
+# - structcheck
+# - errcheck
+# - contextcheck
+# - errchkjson
+# - errorlint
+# - exhaustive
+# - makezero
+# - nilerr
+
+settings:
+  staticcheck:
+    checks:
+      # disable Quickfixes
+      - "-QF1*"
+
+  revive:
+    enable-all-rules: false
+    # see https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/#revive
     rules:
-      - linters:
-          - deadcode
-          - staticcheck
-        path: crypto/bn256/cloudflare/optate.go
-      - linters:
-          - revive
-        path: crypto/bn256/
-      - path: cmd/utils/flags.go
-        text: "SA1019: cfg.TxLookupLimit is deprecated: use 'TransactionHistory' instead."
-      - path: cmd/utils/flags.go
-        text: "SA1019: ethconfig.Defaults.TxLookupLimit is deprecated: use 'TransactionHistory' instead."
-      - path: internal/build/pgp.go
-        text: 'SA1019: "golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp" is deprecated: this package is unmaintained except for security fixes.'
-      - path: core/vm/contracts.go
-        text: 'SA1019: "golang.org/x/crypto/ripemd160" is deprecated: RIPEMD-160 is a legacy hash and should not be used for new applications.'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: event.TypeMux is deprecated: use Feed'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: strings.Title is deprecated'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: strings.Title has been deprecated since Go 1.18 and an alternative has been available since Go 1.0: The rule Title uses for word boundaries does not handle Unicode punctuation properly. Use golang.org/x/text/cases instead.'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1029: should not use built-in type string as key for value'
-    paths:
-      - core/genesis_alloc.go
-      - third_party$
-      - builtin$
-      - examples$
+      - name: receiver-naming
+        severity: warning
+        disabled: false
+        exclude:
+          - ""
+
+exclusions:
+  generated: lax
+  paths:
+    - core/genesis_alloc.go
+    - third_party$
+    - builtin$
+    - examples$
+
 formatters:
   enable:
     - goimports
+
   settings:
     gofmt:
       simplify: true
-  exclusions:
-    generated: lax
-    paths:
-      - core/genesis_alloc.go
-      - third_party$
-      - builtin$
-      - examples$