diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 564f7880..f19ca4ef 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ notifications:
   email: false
 before_install:
 - go get github.com/mitchellh/gox
-- go get gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v2
-- gometalinter.v2 --install
 script:
 - hack/verify-boilerplate.sh
 - hack/gofmt.sh
-- hack/gometalinter.sh
+- hack/run_lint.sh
 - go test -v -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./...
 - hack/make-all.sh
 after_success:
diff --git a/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go b/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go
index 0d28dd55..22a6b546 100644
--- a/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go
+++ b/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Examples:
 
 func limitString(s string, length int) string {
 	if len(s) > length && length > 3 {
-		s = string(s[:length-3]) + "..."
+		s = s[:length-3] + "..."
 	}
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md b/docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
index 7d6b59c5..a6c9cc5b 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ To package a plugin via krew, you need to:
 To make a plugin available to everyone via krew, you need to:
 
 1. Make the archive file (`.zip` or `.tar.gz`) **publicly downloadable** on a
-   URL (you can host it youself or use GitHub releases feature).
+   URL (you can host it yourself or use GitHub releases feature).
 2. Submit the plugin manifest file to the [krew index][index] repository.
 
 Plugin packages need to be available to download from the public Internet.
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ architectures using the keys `os` and `arch` respectively.
         os: linux
 ```
 
-**Example:** Match to a Linux or macOS platform, any architecure:
+**Example:** Match to a Linux or macOS platform, any architecture:
 
 ```yaml
 ...
diff --git a/hack/cloudbuild-release.yaml b/hack/cloudbuild-release.yaml
index c04ed7bb..bc039a2a 100644
--- a/hack/cloudbuild-release.yaml
+++ b/hack/cloudbuild-release.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Used to push tagged releses to Google Cloud Storage with the tag name
+# Used to push tagged releases to Google Cloud Storage with the tag name
 # as well as "latest"
 steps:
   - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
diff --git a/hack/gometalinter.json b/hack/gometalinter.json
deleted file mode 100644
index af2f5569..00000000
--- a/hack/gometalinter.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Vendor": true,
-  "EnableGC": true,
-  "Debug": false,
-  "Sort": ["linter", "severity", "path"],
-  "Enable": [
-    "deadcode",
-    "gofmt",
-    "golint",
-    "gosimple",
-    "ineffassign",
-    "vet"
-  ],
-
-  "LineLength": 200
-}
diff --git a/hack/gometalinter.sh b/hack/run_lint.sh
similarity index 51%
rename from hack/gometalinter.sh
rename to hack/run_lint.sh
index 6774fec5..ff61abf3 100755
--- a/hack/gometalinter.sh
+++ b/hack/run_lint.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,30 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+set -euo pipefail
 
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e -o pipefail
+HACK=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 
-SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+if ! [[ -x "$GOPATH/bin/golangci-lint" ]]
+then
+   echo 'Installing golangci-lint'
+   curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | sh -s -- -b "$GOPATH/bin" v1.16.0
+fi
 
-gometalinter.v2 \
-	${GOMETALINTER_OPTS:-"--deadline=5m"} \
-	--config $SCRIPTDIR/gometalinter.json ./...
+"$GOPATH/bin/golangci-lint" run \
+		--no-config \
+		-D errcheck \
+		-E gocritic \
+		-E goimports \
+		-E golint \
+		-E gosimple \
+		-E interfacer \
+		-E maligned \
+		-E misspell \
+		-E unconvert \
+		-E unparam \
+		-E stylecheck \
+		-E staticcheck \
+		-E structcheck \
+		-E prealloc \
+		--skip-dirs hack,docs
diff --git a/pkg/download/downloader.go b/pkg/download/downloader.go
index 6a17a643..ab0d767a 100644
--- a/pkg/download/downloader.go
+++ b/pkg/download/downloader.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -166,8 +165,7 @@ var defaultExtractors = map[string]extractor{
 	"application/x-gzip": extractTARGZ,
 }
 
-func extractArchive(filename, dst string, at io.ReaderAt, size int64) error {
-	// TODO(lbb): Keep the filename for later direct download
+func extractArchive(dst string, at io.ReaderAt, size int64) error {
 	// TODO(ahmetb) This package is not architected well, this method should not
 	// be receiving this many args. Primary problem is at GetInsecure and
 	// GetWithSha256 methods that embed extraction in them, which is orthogonal.
@@ -206,5 +204,5 @@ func (d Downloader) Get(uri, dst string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get the uri %q", uri)
 	}
-	return extractArchive(path.Base(uri), dst, body, size)
+	return extractArchive(dst, body, size)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/download/downloader_test.go b/pkg/download/downloader_test.go
index d0132ab3..6c61a858 100644
--- a/pkg/download/downloader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/download/downloader_test.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func collectFiles(t *testing.T, scanPath string) []string {
 		}
 		fp = strings.TrimPrefix(fp, scanPath)
 		if info.IsDir() {
-			fp = fp + "/"
+			fp += "/"
 		}
 		outFiles = append(outFiles, fp)
 		return nil
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ func Test_extractArchive(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			if err := extractArchive(tt.args.filename, tt.args.dst, fd, st.Size()); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+			if err := extractArchive(tt.args.dst, fd, st.Size()); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("extractArchive() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/download/fetch_test.go b/pkg/download/fetch_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 275e7cc6..00000000
--- a/pkg/download/fetch_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package download
-
-import "io"
-
-// FakeFetcher is used for testing.
-type FakeFetcher struct {
-	io.ReadCloser
-}
-
-// Get gets the file and returns an stream to read the file.
-func (ff FakeFetcher) Get(uri string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	return ff.ReadCloser, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/environment/environment.go b/pkg/environment/environment.go
index bb98decf..d86b543d 100644
--- a/pkg/environment/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/environment/environment.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Paths struct {
 }
 
 // MustGetKrewPaths returns the inferred paths for krew. By default, it assumes
-// $HOME/.krew as the base path, but can be overriden via KREW_ROOT environment
+// $HOME/.krew as the base path, but can be overridden via KREW_ROOT environment
 // variable.
 func MustGetKrewPaths() Paths {
 	base := filepath.Join(homedir.HomeDir(), ".krew")
diff --git a/pkg/installation/install.go b/pkg/installation/install.go
index 5a6d4277..4fca7026 100644
--- a/pkg/installation/install.go
+++ b/pkg/installation/install.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func pluginNameToBin(name string, isWindows bool) string {
 	name = strings.Replace(name, "-", "_", -1)
 	name = "kubectl-" + name
 	if isWindows {
-		name = name + ".exe"
+		name += ".exe"
 	}
 	return name
 }
diff --git a/pkg/installation/move.go b/pkg/installation/move.go
index 072992f0..8021f2b6 100644
--- a/pkg/installation/move.go
+++ b/pkg/installation/move.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func findMoveTargets(fromDir, toDir string, fo index.FileOperation) ([]move, err
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("no files in the plugin archive matched the glob pattern=%s", fo.From)
 	}
 
-	var moves []move
+	moves := make([]move, 0, len(gl))
 	for _, v := range gl {
 		newPath := filepath.Join(newDir, filepath.Base(filepath.FromSlash(v)))
 		// Check secure path
diff --git a/pkg/installation/upgrade.go b/pkg/installation/upgrade.go
index 7b8f7003..31f29302 100644
--- a/pkg/installation/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/installation/upgrade.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func removePluginVersionFromFS(p environment.Paths, plugin index.Plugin, newVers
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to find current krew version")
 		}
 		glog.V(1).Infof("Detected running krew version=%s", executedKrewVersion)
-		return handleKrewRemove(p, plugin, newVersion, oldVersion, executedKrewVersion)
+		return handleKrewRemove(p, plugin, newVersion, executedKrewVersion)
 	}
 
 	glog.V(1).Infof("Remove old plugin installation under %q", p.PluginVersionInstallPath(plugin.Name, oldVersion))
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func removePluginVersionFromFS(p environment.Paths, plugin index.Plugin, newVers
 }
 
 // handleKrewRemove will remove and unlink old krew versions.
-func handleKrewRemove(p environment.Paths, plugin index.Plugin, newVersion, oldVersion, currentKrewVersion string) error {
+func handleKrewRemove(p environment.Paths, plugin index.Plugin, newVersion, currentKrewVersion string) error {
 	dir, err := ioutil.ReadDir(p.PluginInstallPath(plugin.Name))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "can't read plugin dir")
diff --git a/pkg/installation/util_test.go b/pkg/installation/util_test.go
index 3f94f10c..49b9e49f 100644
--- a/pkg/installation/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/installation/util_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/krew/pkg/index"
-
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/krew/pkg/index"
 )
 
 func Test_osArch_default(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index c0d11848..ff1e602c 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package version
 
 var (
-	// gitCommit contains the git commit idenifier.
+	// gitCommit contains the git commit identifier.
 	gitCommit string
 
 	// gitTag contains the git tag or describe output.