diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ceb374c8c..1e625b63b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: CI
 on:
   pull_request:
   push:
+
 jobs:
   test_go:
     name: Go tests
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 81790e6e3..efa6b2044 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,18 @@ linters-settings:
       - io/ioutil: "Use corresponding 'os' or 'io' functions instead."
       - regexp: "Use github.com/grafana/regexp instead of regexp"
   errcheck:
-    exclude: scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
+    exclude-functions:
+      # Don't flag lines such as "io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)".
+      - io.Copy
+      # The next two are used in HTTP handlers, any error is handled by the server itself.
+      - io.WriteString
+      - (net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
+      # No need to check for errors on server's shutdown.
+      - (*net/http.Server).Shutdown
+      # Never check for logger errors.
+      - (github.com/go-kit/log.Logger).Log
+      # Never check for rollback errors as Rollback() is called when a previous error was detected.
+      - (github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage.Appender).Rollback
   goimports:
     local-prefixes: github.com/prometheus/prometheus
   gofumpt:
diff --git a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt b/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c77ca148..000000000
--- a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Don't flag lines such as "io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)".
-io.Copy
-// The next two are used in HTTP handlers, any error is handled by the server itself.
-io.WriteString
-(net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
-// No need to check for errors on server's shutdown.
-(*net/http.Server).Shutdown
-
-// Never check for logger errors.
-(github.com/go-kit/log.Logger).Log
-
-// Never check for rollback errors as Rollback() is called when a previous error was detected.
-(github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage.Appender).Rollback