diff --git a/plugins/inputs/filecount/filesystem_helpers_notwindows.go b/plugins/inputs/filecount/filesystem_helpers_notwindows.go
index e1a11c78ec2a4..7f4c6e2ced1e8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/filecount/filesystem_helpers_notwindows.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/filecount/filesystem_helpers_notwindows.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (f fakeFileInfo) ModTime() time.Time { return f.modtime }
 func (f fakeFileInfo) IsDir() bool        { return f.isdir }
 func (f fakeFileInfo) Sys() interface{}   { return f.sys }
 
-func (f fakeFileSystem) open(name string) (file, error) {
+func (fakeFileSystem) open(name string) (file, error) {
 	return nil, &os.PathError{Op: "Open", Path: name, Err: errors.New("not implemented by fake filesystem")}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/fireboard/fireboard.go b/plugins/inputs/fireboard/fireboard.go
index bf45fbe53172c..07398b66f9281 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/fireboard/fireboard.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/fireboard/fireboard.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (r *Fireboard) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	}
 	// Range over all devices, gathering stats. Returns early in case of any error.
 	for _, s := range stats {
-		r.gatherTemps(s, acc)
+		gatherTemps(s, acc)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func scale(n int) string {
 }
 
 // Gathers stats from a single device, adding them to the accumulator
-func (r *Fireboard) gatherTemps(s fireboardStats, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func gatherTemps(s fireboardStats, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	// Construct lookup for scale values
 
 	for _, t := range s.LatestTemps {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi.go b/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi.go
index 3832669b8110d..dcf7101ff10e0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi.go
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func (c *GNMI) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *GNMI) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*GNMI) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi_test.go b/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi_test.go
index 4f0feae0fcfc1..f9af63369027a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/gnmi/gnmi_test.go
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ type mockServer struct {
 	grpcServer *grpc.Server
 }
 
-func (s *mockServer) Capabilities(context.Context, *gnmi.CapabilityRequest) (*gnmi.CapabilityResponse, error) {
+func (*mockServer) Capabilities(context.Context, *gnmi.CapabilityRequest) (*gnmi.CapabilityResponse, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (s *mockServer) Get(context.Context, *gnmi.GetRequest) (*gnmi.GetResponse, error) {
+func (*mockServer) Get(context.Context, *gnmi.GetRequest) (*gnmi.GetResponse, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (s *mockServer) Set(context.Context, *gnmi.SetRequest) (*gnmi.SetResponse, error) {
+func (*mockServer) Set(context.Context, *gnmi.SetRequest) (*gnmi.SetResponse, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/gnmi/tag_store.go b/plugins/inputs/gnmi/tag_store.go
index af6b2b55f2bcf..1ab48bfd50c10 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/gnmi/tag_store.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/gnmi/tag_store.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (s *tagStore) insert(subscription tagSubscription, path *pathInfo, values [
 			}
 		}
 	case "elements":
-		key, match := s.getElementsKeys(path, subscription.Elements)
+		key, match := getElementsKeys(path, subscription.Elements)
 		if !match || len(values) == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (s *tagStore) lookup(path *pathInfo, metricTags map[string]string) map[stri
 
 	// Match elements
 	for _, requiredKeys := range s.elements.required {
-		key, match := s.getElementsKeys(path, requiredKeys)
+		key, match := getElementsKeys(path, requiredKeys)
 		if !match {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (s *tagStore) lookup(path *pathInfo, metricTags map[string]string) map[stri
 	return tags
 }
 
-func (s *tagStore) getElementsKeys(path *pathInfo, elements []string) (string, bool) {
+func getElementsKeys(path *pathInfo, elements []string) (string, bool) {
 	// Search for the required path elements and collect a ordered
 	// list of their values to in the form
 	//    elementName1={keyA=valueA,keyB=valueB,...},...,elementNameN={keyY=valueY,keyZ=valueZ}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage.go b/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage.go
index 920e66b8e0642..2c45552aeb1da 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (gcs *GCS) Init() error {
 	return gcs.setOffset()
 }
 
-func (gcs *GCS) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*GCS) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/graylog/graylog_test.go b/plugins/inputs/graylog/graylog_test.go
index 0662dc058566b..ecbb40b03cc3a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/graylog/graylog_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/graylog/graylog_test.go
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ func (c *mockHTTPClient) makeRequest(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 	return &resp, nil
 }
 
-func (c *mockHTTPClient) setHTTPClient(_ *http.Client) {
+func (*mockHTTPClient) setHTTPClient(*http.Client) {
 }
 
-func (c *mockHTTPClient) httpClient() *http.Client {
+func (*mockHTTPClient) httpClient() *http.Client {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy_test.go b/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy_test.go
index 884dcdc8dc76f..ec34e817bb87f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
 
-type statServer struct{}
-
-func (s statServer) serverSocket(l net.Listener) {
+func serverSocket(l net.Listener) {
 	for {
 		conn, err := l.Accept()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -151,8 +149,7 @@ func TestHaproxyGeneratesMetricsUsingSocket(t *testing.T) {
 		sockets[i] = sock
 		defer sock.Close() //nolint:revive,gocritic // done on purpose, closing will be executed properly
 
-		s := statServer{}
-		go s.serverSocket(sock)
+		go serverSocket(sock)
 	}
 
 	r := &HAProxy{
@@ -191,8 +188,7 @@ func TestHaproxyGeneratesMetricsUsingTcp(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer l.Close()
 
-	s := statServer{}
-	go s.serverSocket(l)
+	go serverSocket(l)
 
 	r := &HAProxy{
 		Servers: []string{"tcp://" + l.Addr().String()},
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/go-hddtemp/hddtemp.go b/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/go-hddtemp/hddtemp.go
index 7c58cfbea321b..1e511b5e9bb28 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/go-hddtemp/hddtemp.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/go-hddtemp/hddtemp.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func New() *hddtemp {
 }
 
 // Fetch gathers disks data from hddtemp daemon.
-func (h *hddtemp) Fetch(address string) ([]Disk, error) {
+func (*hddtemp) Fetch(address string) ([]Disk, error) {
 	var (
 		err    error
 		conn   net.Conn
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/hddtemp_test.go b/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/hddtemp_test.go
index b266600a95682..f1dd99cf8df5f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/hddtemp_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/hddtemp/hddtemp_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 type mockFetcher struct {
 }
 
-func (h *mockFetcher) Fetch(_ string) ([]hddtemp.Disk, error) {
+func (*mockFetcher) Fetch(string) ([]hddtemp.Disk, error) {
 	return []hddtemp.Disk{
 		{
 			DeviceName:  "Disk1",
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http/http.go b/plugins/inputs/http/http.go
index 5cf8eb5919af1..5557d5bd108d5 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http/http.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http/http.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (h *HTTP) SetParserFunc(fn telegraf.ParserFunc) {
 	h.parserFunc = fn
 }
 
-func (h *HTTP) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*HTTP) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http_listener_v2/http_listener_v2.go b/plugins/inputs/http_listener_v2/http_listener_v2.go
index 825da44535801..e940620fb2eed 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http_listener_v2/http_listener_v2.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http_listener_v2/http_listener_v2.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func (h *HTTPListenerV2) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h *HTTPListenerV2) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*HTTPListenerV2) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/hugepages/hugepages.go b/plugins/inputs/hugepages/hugepages.go
index fb7a719179ef1..ebd31845816aa 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/hugepages/hugepages.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/hugepages/hugepages.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (h *Hugepages) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 // gatherStatsPerNode collects root hugepages statistics
 func (h *Hugepages) gatherRootStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	return h.gatherFromHugepagePath(acc, "hugepages_"+rootHugepages, h.rootHugepagePath, hugepagesMetricsRoot, nil)
+	return gatherFromHugepagePath(acc, "hugepages_"+rootHugepages, h.rootHugepagePath, hugepagesMetricsRoot, nil)
 }
 
 // gatherStatsPerNode collects hugepages statistics per NUMA node
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (h *Hugepages) gatherStatsPerNode(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			"node": nodeNumber,
 		}
 		hugepagesPath := filepath.Join(h.numaNodePath, nodeDir.Name(), "hugepages")
-		err = h.gatherFromHugepagePath(acc, "hugepages_"+perNodeHugepages, hugepagesPath, hugepagesMetricsPerNUMANode, perNodeTags)
+		err = gatherFromHugepagePath(acc, "hugepages_"+perNodeHugepages, hugepagesPath, hugepagesMetricsPerNUMANode, perNodeTags)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (h *Hugepages) gatherStatsPerNode(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h *Hugepages) gatherFromHugepagePath(acc telegraf.Accumulator, measurement, path string, fileFilter, defaultTags map[string]string) error {
+func gatherFromHugepagePath(acc telegraf.Accumulator, measurement, path string, fileFilter, defaultTags map[string]string) error {
 	// read metrics from: hugepages/hugepages-*/*
 	hugepagesDirs, err := os.ReadDir(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/icinga2/icinga2.go b/plugins/inputs/icinga2/icinga2.go
index 7f85b3c0f01b9..a0aa1bca47a6b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/icinga2/icinga2.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/icinga2/icinga2.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (i *Icinga2) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		}
 
 		result := resultObject{}
-		err = i.parseObjectResponse(resp, &result)
+		err = parseObjectResponse(resp, &result)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not parse object response: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ func (i *Icinga2) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 		switch statusType {
 		case "ApiListener":
-			fields, err = i.parsePerfdataResponse(resp)
+			fields, err = parsePerfdataResponse(resp)
 		case "CIB":
-			fields, err = i.parseCIBResponse(resp)
+			fields, err = parseCIBResponse(resp)
 		case "IdoMysqlConnection":
-			fields, err = i.parsePerfdataResponse(resp)
+			fields, err = parsePerfdataResponse(resp)
 		case "IdoPgsqlConnection":
-			fields, err = i.parsePerfdataResponse(resp)
+			fields, err = parsePerfdataResponse(resp)
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (i *Icinga2) icingaRequest(address string) (*http.Response, error) {
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
-func (i *Icinga2) parseObjectResponse(resp *http.Response, result *resultObject) error {
+func parseObjectResponse(resp *http.Response, result *resultObject) error {
 	err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (i *Icinga2) parseObjectResponse(resp *http.Response, result *resultObject)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (i *Icinga2) parseCIBResponse(resp *http.Response) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+func parseCIBResponse(resp *http.Response) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	result := resultCIB{}
 
 	err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (i *Icinga2) parseCIBResponse(resp *http.Response) (map[string]interface{},
 	return result.Results[0].Status, nil
 }
 
-func (i *Icinga2) parsePerfdataResponse(resp *http.Response) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+func parsePerfdataResponse(resp *http.Response) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	result := resultPerfdata{}
 
 	err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband_linux.go b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband_linux.go
index 72bbc4714d763..214ba8e08fd67 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband_linux.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband_linux.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Gather statistics from our infiniband cards
-func (i *Infiniband) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*Infiniband) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	rdmaDevices := rdmamap.GetRdmaDeviceList()
 
 	if len(rdmaDevices) == 0 {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/influxdb_listener/influxdb_listener.go b/plugins/inputs/influxdb_listener/influxdb_listener.go
index 9186ecac8e54a..044b4c1050d26 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/influxdb_listener/influxdb_listener.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/influxdb_listener/influxdb_listener.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (*InfluxDBListener) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (h *InfluxDBListener) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*InfluxDBListener) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/influxdb_v2_listener/influxdb_v2_listener.go b/plugins/inputs/influxdb_v2_listener/influxdb_v2_listener.go
index fb8a03de83949..52854d6f6e4d6 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/influxdb_v2_listener/influxdb_v2_listener.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/influxdb_v2_listener/influxdb_v2_listener.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (h *InfluxDBV2Listener) Init() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h *InfluxDBV2Listener) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*InfluxDBV2Listener) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/intel_baseband.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/intel_baseband.go
index 4017cb74b8946..ae22b7acee11b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/intel_baseband.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/intel_baseband.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type Baseband struct {
 	sockConn *socketConnector
 }
 
-func (b *Baseband) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*Baseband) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector.go
index cfb67b57c1947..82c5367b5f1b1 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (lc *logConnector) readNumVFs() error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		numVFs, err := lc.parseNumVFs(line)
+		numVFs, err := parseNumVFs(line)
 		if err != nil {
 			lc.numVFs = -1
 			return err
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (lc *logConnector) getMetric(offsetLine int, name string) (int, *logMetric,
 		return offsetLine, nil, err
 	}
 
-	operationName := lc.parseOperationName(line)
+	operationName := parseOperationName(line)
 	if len(operationName) == 0 {
 		return offsetLine, nil, errors.New("valid operation name wasn't found in log")
 	}
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (lc *logConnector) getMetric(offsetLine int, name string) (int, *logMetric,
 }
 
 // Example value = Thu Apr 13 13:28:40 2023:INFO:Device Status:: 2 VFs
-func (lc *logConnector) parseNumVFs(s string) (int, error) {
+func parseNumVFs(s string) (int, error) {
 	i := strings.LastIndex(s, deviceStatusStartPrefix)
 	if i == -1 {
 		return 0, errors.New("couldn't find device status prefix in line")
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (lc *logConnector) parseNumVFs(s string) (int, error) {
 // Parse Operation name
 // Example = Thu Apr 13 13:28:40 2023:INFO:5GUL counters: Code Blocks
 // Output: 5GUL
-func (lc *logConnector) parseOperationName(s string) string {
+func parseOperationName(s string) string {
 	i := strings.Index(s, infoLine)
 	if i >= 0 {
 		j := strings.Index(s[i:], countersLine)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector_test.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector_test.go
index 9d07e93ff754b..b2b286dab6d26 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector_test.go
@@ -240,11 +240,9 @@ func TestParseOperationName(t *testing.T) {
 		{"", ""},
 	}
 
-	logConnector := prepareLogConnMock()
-	require.NotNil(t, logConnector)
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run("expected "+tc.expected, func(t *testing.T) {
-			operationName := logConnector.parseOperationName(tc.input)
+			operationName := parseOperationName(tc.input)
 			require.Equal(t, tc.expected, operationName)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb.go
index 643713ce1cba8..ddbe40c1adf58 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type IntelDLB struct {
 	maxInitMessageLength uint32
 }
 
-func (d *IntelDLB) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*IntelDLB) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_pmt/intel_pmt.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_pmt/intel_pmt.go
index f61980b7626e4..54e91613caefa 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_pmt/intel_pmt.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_pmt/intel_pmt.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type fileInfo struct {
 	pciBdf   string // PCI Bus:Device.Function (BDF)
 }
 
-func (p *IntelPMT) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*IntelPMT) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_pmu/intel_pmu_test.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_pmu/intel_pmu_test.go
index 6c75f68f68378..2910c905ad100 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_pmu/intel_pmu_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_pmu/intel_pmu_test.go
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ type fakeFileInfo struct {
 	fileMode os.FileMode
 }
 
-func (f fakeFileInfo) Name() string       { return "" }
-func (f fakeFileInfo) Size() int64        { return 0 }
-func (f fakeFileInfo) Mode() os.FileMode  { return f.fileMode }
-func (f fakeFileInfo) ModTime() time.Time { return time.Time{} }
-func (f fakeFileInfo) IsDir() bool        { return false }
-func (f fakeFileInfo) Sys() interface{}   { return nil }
+func (fakeFileInfo) Name() string        { return "" }
+func (fakeFileInfo) Size() int64         { return 0 }
+func (f fakeFileInfo) Mode() os.FileMode { return f.fileMode }
+func (fakeFileInfo) ModTime() time.Time  { return time.Time{} }
+func (fakeFileInfo) IsDir() bool         { return false }
+func (fakeFileInfo) Sys() interface{}    { return nil }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/options.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/options.go
index 7e422b26bc01f..5e4fd4df4ad72 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/options.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/options.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type optGenerator struct{}
 
 // generate takes plugin configuration options and generates options needed
 // to gather requested metrics.
-func (g *optGenerator) generate(cfg optConfig) []ptel.Option {
+func (*optGenerator) generate(cfg optConfig) []ptel.Option {
 	opts := make([]ptel.Option, 0)
 	if len(cfg.includedCPUs) != 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, ptel.WithIncludedCPUs(cfg.includedCPUs))
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt.go
index 1c0685e634bf7..d1427fbdb4f00 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (r *IntelRDT) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *IntelRDT) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*IntelRDT) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt_test.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt_test.go
index e9468521276fb..7f4dc00919695 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/intel_rdt_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 type mockProc struct{}
 
-func (m *mockProc) getAllProcesses() ([]process, error) {
+func (*mockProc) getAllProcesses() ([]process, error) {
 	procs := []process{
 		{Name: "process", PID: 1000},
 		{Name: "process2", PID: 1002},
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/processes.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/processes.go
index 63c8622aa1875..975760b0bfe40 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/processes.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/processes.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func newProcessor() processesHandler {
 	return &processManager{}
 }
 
-func (p *processManager) getAllProcesses() ([]process, error) {
+func (*processManager) getAllProcesses() ([]process, error) {
 	allProcesses, err := procfs.AllProcs()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor.go b/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor.go
index b70de8d0e3c2b..403e7b3fe7a59 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (m *Ipmi) parse(acc telegraf.Accumulator, server, sensor string) error {
 			return m.parseV1(acc, hostname, out, timestamp)
 		}
 	case "chassis_power_status":
-		return m.parseChassisPowerStatus(acc, hostname, out, timestamp)
+		return parseChassisPowerStatus(acc, hostname, out, timestamp)
 	case "dcmi_power_reading":
 		return m.parseDCMIPowerReading(acc, hostname, out, timestamp)
 	}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (m *Ipmi) parse(acc telegraf.Accumulator, server, sensor string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("unknown sensor type %q", sensor)
 }
 
-func (m *Ipmi) parseChassisPowerStatus(acc telegraf.Accumulator, hostname string, cmdOut []byte, measuredAt time.Time) error {
+func parseChassisPowerStatus(acc telegraf.Accumulator, hostname string, cmdOut []byte, measuredAt time.Time) error {
 	// each line will look something like
 	// Chassis Power is on
 	// Chassis Power is off
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor_test.go
index 74dab5eb18b8f..03c0c316d28a4 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/ipmi_sensor_test.go
@@ -820,14 +820,10 @@ func Test_parsePowerStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	ipmi := &Ipmi{
-		Log: testutil.Logger{},
-	}
-
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var acc testutil.Accumulator
-			err := ipmi.parseChassisPowerStatus(&acc, tt.args.hostname, tt.args.cmdOut, tt.args.measuredAt)
+			err := parseChassisPowerStatus(&acc, tt.args.hostname, tt.args.cmdOut, tt.args.measuredAt)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			testutil.RequireMetricsEqual(t, tt.expected, acc.GetTelegrafMetrics(), testutil.IgnoreTime())
 		})
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go b/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go
index 4a7e0938a31ff..be177d10a26ac 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (*Ipset) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (i *Ipset) Init() error {
+func (*Ipset) Init() error {
 	_, err := exec.LookPath("ipset")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry.go b/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry.go
index e60dda37245bb..b6c7d039515fa 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (m *OpenConfigTelemetry) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *OpenConfigTelemetry) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*OpenConfigTelemetry) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry_test.go b/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry_test.go
index 758beb1ff9eef..b98f9100ae92f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/jti_openconfig_telemetry_test.go
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ type openConfigTelemetryServer struct {
 	telemetry.UnimplementedOpenConfigTelemetryServer
 }
 
-func (s *openConfigTelemetryServer) TelemetrySubscribe(
-	req *telemetry.SubscriptionRequest,
-	stream telemetry.OpenConfigTelemetry_TelemetrySubscribeServer,
-) error {
+func (*openConfigTelemetryServer) TelemetrySubscribe(req *telemetry.SubscriptionRequest, stream telemetry.OpenConfigTelemetry_TelemetrySubscribeServer) error {
 	path := req.PathList[0].Path
 	switch path {
 	case "/sensor":
@@ -78,28 +75,28 @@ func (s *openConfigTelemetryServer) TelemetrySubscribe(
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *openConfigTelemetryServer) CancelTelemetrySubscription(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ *telemetry.CancelSubscriptionRequest,
+func (*openConfigTelemetryServer) CancelTelemetrySubscription(
+	context.Context,
+	*telemetry.CancelSubscriptionRequest,
 ) (*telemetry.CancelSubscriptionReply, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (s *openConfigTelemetryServer) GetTelemetrySubscriptions(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ *telemetry.GetSubscriptionsRequest,
+func (*openConfigTelemetryServer) GetTelemetrySubscriptions(
+	context.Context,
+	*telemetry.GetSubscriptionsRequest,
 ) (*telemetry.GetSubscriptionsReply, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (s *openConfigTelemetryServer) GetTelemetryOperationalState(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ *telemetry.GetOperationalStateRequest,
+func (*openConfigTelemetryServer) GetTelemetryOperationalState(
+	context.Context,
+	*telemetry.GetOperationalStateRequest,
 ) (*telemetry.GetOperationalStateReply, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (s *openConfigTelemetryServer) GetDataEncodings(_ context.Context, _ *telemetry.DataEncodingRequest) (*telemetry.DataEncodingReply, error) {
+func (*openConfigTelemetryServer) GetDataEncodings(context.Context, *telemetry.DataEncodingRequest) (*telemetry.DataEncodingReply, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
index 104ba26156ff6..ac335eec0810f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (k *KafkaConsumer) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (k *KafkaConsumer) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*KafkaConsumer) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_test.go b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_test.go
index 568da16b6a095..94bc4096617f5 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_test.go
@@ -240,53 +240,53 @@ type FakeConsumerGroupSession struct {
 	ctx context.Context
 }
 
-func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) Claims() map[string][]int32 {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupSession) Claims() map[string][]int32 {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) MemberID() string {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupSession) MemberID() string {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) GenerationID() int32 {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupSession) GenerationID() int32 {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) MarkOffset(_ string, _ int32, _ int64, _ string) {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupSession) MarkOffset(string, int32, int64, string) {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) ResetOffset(_ string, _ int32, _ int64, _ string) {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupSession) ResetOffset(string, int32, int64, string) {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) MarkMessage(_ *sarama.ConsumerMessage, _ string) {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupSession) MarkMessage(*sarama.ConsumerMessage, string) {
 }
 
 func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) Context() context.Context {
 	return s.ctx
 }
 
-func (s *FakeConsumerGroupSession) Commit() {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupSession) Commit() {
 }
 
 type FakeConsumerGroupClaim struct {
 	messages chan *sarama.ConsumerMessage
 }
 
-func (c *FakeConsumerGroupClaim) Topic() string {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupClaim) Topic() string {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (c *FakeConsumerGroupClaim) Partition() int32 {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupClaim) Partition() int32 {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (c *FakeConsumerGroupClaim) InitialOffset() int64 {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupClaim) InitialOffset() int64 {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (c *FakeConsumerGroupClaim) HighWaterMarkOffset() int64 {
+func (*FakeConsumerGroupClaim) HighWaterMarkOffset() int64 {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel.go b/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel.go
index 88c18c2101c45..7ddf0d714762e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel.go
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ func (k *Kernel) Init() error {
 }
 
 func (k *Kernel) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	data, err := k.getProcValueBytes(k.statFile)
+	data, err := getProcValueBytes(k.statFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	entropyValue, err := k.getProcValueInt(k.entropyStatFile)
+	entropyValue, err := getProcValueInt(k.entropyStatFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (k *Kernel) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		extraStats := []string{"general_profit"}
 
 		for _, f := range stats {
-			m, err := k.getProcValueInt(filepath.Join(k.ksmStatsDir, f))
+			m, err := getProcValueInt(filepath.Join(k.ksmStatsDir, f))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (k *Kernel) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		}
 
 		for _, f := range extraStats {
-			m, err := k.getProcValueInt(filepath.Join(k.ksmStatsDir, f))
+			m, err := getProcValueInt(filepath.Join(k.ksmStatsDir, f))
 			if err != nil {
 				// if an extraStats metric doesn't exist in our kernel version, ignore it.
 				continue
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (k *Kernel) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (k *Kernel) getProcValueBytes(path string) ([]byte, error) {
+func getProcValueBytes(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("path %q does not exist", path)
 	} else if err != nil {
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ func (k *Kernel) getProcValueBytes(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return data, nil
 }
 
-func (k *Kernel) getProcValueInt(path string) (int64, error) {
-	data, err := k.getProcValueBytes(path)
+func getProcValueInt(path string) (int64, error) {
+	data, err := getProcValueBytes(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel_test.go b/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel_test.go
index da3f3aa46cf3d..23d72949d742a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kernel/kernel_test.go
@@ -14,23 +14,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGetProcValueInt(t *testing.T) {
-	k := Kernel{
-		statFile:        "testdata/stat_file_full",
-		entropyStatFile: "testdata/entropy_stat_file_full",
-	}
-
-	d, err := k.getProcValueInt(k.entropyStatFile)
+	d, err := getProcValueInt("testdata/entropy_stat_file_full")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.IsType(t, int64(1), d)
 }
 
 func TestGetProcValueByte(t *testing.T) {
-	k := Kernel{
-		statFile:        "testdata/stat_file_full",
-		entropyStatFile: "testdata/entropy_stat_file_full",
-	}
-
-	d, err := k.getProcValueBytes(k.entropyStatFile)
+	d, err := getProcValueBytes("testdata/entropy_stat_file_full")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.IsType(t, []byte("test"), d)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kibana/kibana.go b/plugins/inputs/kibana/kibana.go
index 622030728c74b..702b288ea01a1 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kibana/kibana.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kibana/kibana.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (*Kibana) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (k *Kibana) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*Kibana) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/certificate.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/certificate.go
index 5cf3603288c99..ba71f013b2f83 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/certificate.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/certificate.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func collectSecrets(ctx context.Context, acc telegraf.Accumulator, ki *Kubernete
 		return
 	}
 	for _, i := range list.Items {
-		ki.gatherCertificates(i, acc)
+		gatherCertificates(i, acc)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func getTags(cert *x509.Certificate) map[string]string {
 	return tags
 }
 
-func (ki *KubernetesInventory) gatherCertificates(r corev1.Secret, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func gatherCertificates(r corev1.Secret, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	now := time.Now()
 
 	for resourceName, val := range r.Data {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint.go
index 1eb86eea13b76..742512f6824fe 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint.go
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ func collectEndpoints(ctx context.Context, acc telegraf.Accumulator, ki *Kuberne
 		return
 	}
 	for _, i := range list.Items {
-		ki.gatherEndpoint(i, acc)
+		gatherEndpoint(i, acc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (ki *KubernetesInventory) gatherEndpoint(e corev1.Endpoints, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func gatherEndpoint(e corev1.Endpoints, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	creationTs := e.GetCreationTimestamp()
 	if creationTs.IsZero() {
 		return
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint_test.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint_test.go
index f5be722c925bc..c5a8a7509ed31 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/endpoint_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
-	cli := &client{}
-
 	now := time.Now()
 	now = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), now.Hour(), 1, 36, 0, now.Location())
 
@@ -256,12 +254,9 @@ func TestEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range tests {
-		ks := &KubernetesInventory{
-			client: cli,
-		}
 		acc := new(testutil.Accumulator)
 		for _, endpoint := range ((v.handler.responseMap["/endpoints/"]).(*v1.EndpointsList)).Items {
-			ks.gatherEndpoint(endpoint, acc)
+			gatherEndpoint(endpoint, acc)
 		}
 
 		err := acc.FirstError()
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress.go
index f8a966bc15a46..41890e44c0479 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress.go
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ func collectIngress(ctx context.Context, acc telegraf.Accumulator, ki *Kubernete
 		return
 	}
 	for _, i := range list.Items {
-		ki.gatherIngress(i, acc)
+		gatherIngress(i, acc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (ki *KubernetesInventory) gatherIngress(i netv1.Ingress, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func gatherIngress(i netv1.Ingress, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	creationTs := i.GetCreationTimestamp()
 	if creationTs.IsZero() {
 		return
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress_test.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress_test.go
index a391b3808c29b..0ba519b69bf11 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/ingress_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestIngress(t *testing.T) {
-	cli := &client{}
-
 	now := time.Now()
 	now = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), now.Hour(), 1, 36, 0, now.Location())
 
@@ -219,12 +217,9 @@ func TestIngress(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range tests {
-		ks := &KubernetesInventory{
-			client: cli,
-		}
 		acc := new(testutil.Accumulator)
 		for _, ingress := range ((v.handler.responseMap["/ingress/"]).(netv1.IngressList)).Items {
-			ks.gatherIngress(ingress, acc)
+			gatherIngress(ingress, acc)
 		}
 
 		err := acc.FirstError()
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node.go
index 8aa4e979a65c3..3660c00c7ad90 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ func collectNodes(ctx context.Context, acc telegraf.Accumulator, ki *KubernetesI
 		return
 	}
 
-	ki.gatherNodeCount(len(list.Items), acc)
+	gatherNodeCount(len(list.Items), acc)
 
 	for i := range list.Items {
 		ki.gatherNode(&list.Items[i], acc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (ki *KubernetesInventory) gatherNodeCount(count int, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func gatherNodeCount(count int, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{"node_count": count}
 	tags := make(map[string]string)
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node_test.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node_test.go
index 5527bca1d020e..00d9093887f7a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/node_test.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestNode(t *testing.T) {
 
 		if v.name == "no nodes" {
 			nodeCount := len((v.handler.responseMap["/nodes/"]).(corev1.NodeList).Items)
-			ks.gatherNodeCount(nodeCount, acc)
+			gatherNodeCount(nodeCount, acc)
 		}
 		require.Len(t, acc.Metrics, len(v.output))
 		testutil.RequireMetricsEqual(t, acc.GetTelegrafMetrics(), v.output, testutil.IgnoreTime())
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume.go
index 808db450dbcb1..6fb65e9c46874 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume.go
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ func collectPersistentVolumes(ctx context.Context, acc telegraf.Accumulator, ki
 		return
 	}
 	for i := range list.Items {
-		ki.gatherPersistentVolume(&list.Items[i], acc)
+		gatherPersistentVolume(&list.Items[i], acc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (ki *KubernetesInventory) gatherPersistentVolume(pv *corev1.PersistentVolume, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func gatherPersistentVolume(pv *corev1.PersistentVolume, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	phaseType := 5
 	switch strings.ToLower(string(pv.Status.Phase)) {
 	case "bound":
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume_test.go b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume_test.go
index 2e3c15b4824a7..1a93f9b2b7a61 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kube_inventory/persistentvolume_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestPersistentVolume(t *testing.T) {
-	cli := &client{}
 	now := time.Now()
 	now = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), now.Hour(), 1, 36, 0, now.Location())
 
@@ -77,13 +76,10 @@ func TestPersistentVolume(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range tests {
-		ks := &KubernetesInventory{
-			client: cli,
-		}
 		acc := new(testutil.Accumulator)
 		items := ((v.handler.responseMap["/persistentvolumes/"]).(*corev1.PersistentVolumeList)).Items
 		for i := range items {
-			ks.gatherPersistentVolume(&items[i], acc)
+			gatherPersistentVolume(&items[i], acc)
 		}
 
 		err := acc.FirstError()