diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index b21e3f654..d3dfe15bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
           go-version: 1.14
+      - name: Go mod tidy
+        working-directory: app
+        run: go mod tidy
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: reviewdog/action-golangci-lint@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index c88058e21..9db3a670d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,2 @@
 issues:
   exclude-use-default: false
-
-linters:
-  golint:
-    # golint settings here
-    enabled: true
-    enable-all: true
-    report-filename: golint.report.txt
-
-filters:
-  # Exclude import not used errors
-  - name: exclude-import-not-used
-    diff:
-      ignoreRegexp: '^(---|\+\+\+|[^+- ])'
-      patterns:
-        - "imported but not used"