diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index c961c472a..1faeae42c 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ linters-settings:
             - diagnostic
             - experimental
             - opinionated
-            - performance
             - style
         disabled-checks:
             - importShadow
+            - unnamedResult
     golint:
         min-confidence: 0
     goimports:
diff --git a/internal/encoding/ini/codec.go b/internal/encoding/ini/codec.go
index 597f74426..d91cf59d2 100644
--- a/internal/encoding/ini/codec.go
+++ b/internal/encoding/ini/codec.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Codec struct {
 	LoadOptions  LoadOptions
 }
 
-func (c *Codec) Encode(v map[string]any) ([]byte, error) {
+func (c Codec) Encode(v map[string]any) ([]byte, error) {
 	cfg := ini.Empty()
 	ini.PrettyFormat = false
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (c *Codec) Encode(v map[string]any) ([]byte, error) {
 	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
-func (c *Codec) Decode(b []byte, v map[string]any) error {
+func (c Codec) Decode(b []byte, v map[string]any) error {
 	cfg := ini.Empty(c.LoadOptions)
 
 	err := cfg.Append(b)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *Codec) Decode(b []byte, v map[string]any) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Codec) keyDelimiter() string {
+func (c Codec) keyDelimiter() string {
 	if c.KeyDelimiter == "" {
 		return "."
 	}
diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index c25c7a019..8938053b3 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ func (n *discardHandler) Enabled(_ context.Context, _ slog.Level) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-//nolint:gocritic // hugeParam: _ is heavy (288 bytes); consider passing it by pointer
 func (n *discardHandler) Handle(_ context.Context, _ slog.Record) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/remote/remote.go b/remote/remote.go
index 4a89e4272..d61f88046 100644
--- a/remote/remote.go
+++ b/remote/remote.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (rc remoteConfigProvider) Watch(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (io.Reader, error)
 	return bytes.NewReader(resp), nil
 }
 
-func (rc remoteConfigProvider) WatchChannel(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (responseCh <-chan *viper.RemoteResponse, quitCh chan bool) {
+func (rc remoteConfigProvider) WatchChannel(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (<-chan *viper.RemoteResponse, chan bool) {
 	cm, err := getConfigManager(rp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil
diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index 4bff7e831..7f54c265a 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func (v *Viper) resetEncoding() {
 	}
 
 	{
-		codec := &ini.Codec{
+		codec := ini.Codec{
 			KeyDelimiter: v.keyDelim,
 			LoadOptions:  v.iniLoadOptions,
 		}
@@ -2182,8 +2182,6 @@ func (v *Viper) SetConfigPermissions(perm os.FileMode) {
 }
 
 // IniLoadOptions sets the load options for ini parsing.
-//
-//nolint:gocritic // hugeParam: in is heavy (114 bytes); consider passing it by pointer
 func IniLoadOptions(in ini.LoadOptions) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(v *Viper) {
 		v.iniLoadOptions = in
diff --git a/viper_test.go b/viper_test.go
index 0d7e6f3bd..2dd67a189 100644
--- a/viper_test.go
+++ b/viper_test.go
@@ -234,15 +234,17 @@ func initIni() {
 }
 
 // initDirs makes directories for testing.
-func initDirs(t *testing.T) (root, config string) {
-	testDirs := []string{`a a`, `b`, `C_`}
-	config = `improbable`
+func initDirs(t *testing.T) (string, string) {
+	var (
+		testDirs = []string{`a a`, `b`, `C_`}
+		config   = `improbable`
+	)
 
 	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
 		testDirs = append(testDirs, `d\d`)
 	}
 
-	root = t.TempDir()
+	root := t.TempDir()
 
 	for _, dir := range testDirs {
 		innerDir := filepath.Join(root, dir)
@@ -2342,12 +2344,12 @@ func doTestCaseInsensitive(t *testing.T, typ, config string) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, cast.ToInt(Get("ef.lm.p.q")))
 }
 
-func newViperWithConfigFile(t *testing.T) (v *Viper, configFile string) {
+func newViperWithConfigFile(t *testing.T) (*Viper, string) {
 	watchDir := t.TempDir()
-	configFile = path.Join(watchDir, "config.yaml")
+	configFile := path.Join(watchDir, "config.yaml")
 	err := os.WriteFile(configFile, []byte("foo: bar\n"), 0o640)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	v = New()
+	v := New()
 	v.SetConfigFile(configFile)
 	err = v.ReadInConfig()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -2355,8 +2357,8 @@ func newViperWithConfigFile(t *testing.T) (v *Viper, configFile string) {
 	return v, configFile
 }
 
-func newViperWithSymlinkedConfigFile(t *testing.T) (v *Viper, watchDir, configFile string) {
-	watchDir = t.TempDir()
+func newViperWithSymlinkedConfigFile(t *testing.T) (*Viper, string, string) {
+	watchDir := t.TempDir()
 	dataDir1 := path.Join(watchDir, "data1")
 	err := os.Mkdir(dataDir1, 0o777)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -2367,11 +2369,11 @@ func newViperWithSymlinkedConfigFile(t *testing.T) (v *Viper, watchDir, configFi
 	// now, symlink the tm `data1` dir to `data` in the baseDir
 	os.Symlink(dataDir1, path.Join(watchDir, "data"))
 	// and link the `<watchdir>/datadir1/config.yaml` to `<watchdir>/config.yaml`
-	configFile = path.Join(watchDir, "config.yaml")
+	configFile := path.Join(watchDir, "config.yaml")
 	os.Symlink(path.Join(watchDir, "data", "config.yaml"), configFile)
 	t.Logf("Config file location: %s\n", path.Join(watchDir, "config.yaml"))
 	// init Viper
-	v = New()
+	v := New()
 	v.SetConfigFile(configFile)
 	err = v.ReadInConfig()
 	require.NoError(t, err)