diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 8bd835bdbd..983e2d33a2 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,20 @@ run:
 linters-settings:
   errcheck:
     exclude-functions:
-      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.ConsoleProcess).Expect
-      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.ConsoleProcess).ExpectExitCode
-      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.ConsoleProcess).ExpectNotExitCode
-      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.ConsoleProcess).ExpectRe
-      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.ConsoleProcess).Expect
-      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.ConsoleProcess).WaitForInput
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).Expect
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).ExpectExitCode
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).ExpectNotExitCode
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).ExpectRe
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).Expect
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).WaitForInput
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).SendLine
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).ExpectInput
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/termtest.TermTest).Wait
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/logging.fileHandler).Printf
+      - (*github.com/ActiveState/logging.standardHandler).Printf
+  govet:
+    disable:
+      - composites
 
 # When issues occur with linting us the snippet below to help with debugging
 # linters:
diff --git a/internal/runbits/runtime/rationalize.go b/internal/runbits/runtime/rationalize.go
index 0039f3b159..8ee59c0b34 100644
--- a/internal/runbits/runtime/rationalize.go
+++ b/internal/runbits/runtime/rationalize.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func rationalizeError(auth *authentication.Auth, proj *project.Project, rerr *error) {
+	if rerr == nil {
+		return
+	}
 	var errNoMatchingPlatform *model.ErrNoMatchingPlatform
 	var errArtifactSetup *setup.ArtifactSetupErrors
 
 	isUpdateErr := errs.Matches(*rerr, &ErrUpdate{})
 	switch {
-	case rerr == nil:
-		return
-
 	case proj == nil:
 		multilog.Error("runtime:rationalizeError called with nil project, error: %s", errs.JoinMessage(*rerr))
 		*rerr = errs.Pack(*rerr, errs.New("project is nil"))