diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index bc922b9c3..99603863a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ linters:
   # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
   disable-all: true
   enable:
+    - asciicheck
     - bodyclose
     - deadcode
     - depguard
@@ -17,17 +18,16 @@ linters:
     - gofmt
     - goimports
     - golint
-    - gomnd
     - goprintffuncname
     - gosec
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
-    - interfacer
-    - lll
+    - maligned
     - misspell
     - nakedret
     - nolintlint
+    - prealloc
     - rowserrcheck
     - scopelint
     - staticcheck
@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@ linters:
     - unused
     - varcheck
     - whitespace
-    - prealloc
-    - asciicheck
 
 # do not enable...
-#    - gochecknoinits
 #    - gochecknoglobals
+#    - gochecknoinits    # this is too aggressive
 #    - godot
 #    - godox
 #    - goerr113
-#    - maligned
+#    - gomnd       # this is too aggressive
+#    - interfacer  # this is a good idea, but is no longer supported and is prone to false positives
+#    - lll         # without a way to specify per-line exception cases, this is not usable
 #    - nestif
 #    - testpackage
-#    - wsl
-
+#    - wsl
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