diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 29a5a2c8c9d69..3c24c2f5596fb 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ linters:
   - gosimple
   - staticcheck
   - structcheck
-  - unused
   - varcheck
diff --git a/cli/cmd/install-sp.go b/cli/cmd/install-sp.go
index b8949a1f3e011..4c52c7e41838e 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/install-sp.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/install-sp.go
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-type installSPConfig struct {
-	Namespace string
-}
-
 func newCmdInstallSP() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "install-sp [flags]",
diff --git a/cli/cmd/profile.go b/cli/cmd/profile.go
index ea5d3609448e7..baa1625d46c7a 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/profile.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/profile.go
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 )
 
-type templateConfig struct {
-	ControlPlaneNamespace string
-	ServiceNamespace      string
-	ServiceName           string
-	ClusterZone           string
-}
-
 type profileOptions struct {
 	name          string
 	namespace     string
diff --git a/cli/cmd/root.go b/cli/cmd/root.go
index 55f17ba17e117..40fdb8a4cc1dc 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/root.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	defaultNamespace = "linkerd"
-	lineWidth        = 80
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/cli/cmd/routes.go b/cli/cmd/routes.go
index 2539f18cb293c..76e8d6e448bfa 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/routes.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/routes.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ type routeRowStats struct {
 	actualSuccessRate float64
 }
 
-const defaultRoute = "[UNKNOWN]"
-
 func newRoutesOptions() *routesOptions {
 	return &routesOptions{
 		statOptionsBase: *newStatOptionsBase(),
diff --git a/cli/cmd/top.go b/cli/cmd/top.go
index 2a1ae4d4a6fe7..6f85183ba7a88 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/top.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/top.go
@@ -571,13 +571,6 @@ func (t *topTable) renderHeaders() {
 	}
 }
 
-func max(i, j int) int {
-	if i > j {
-		return i
-	}
-	return j
-}
-
 func (t *topTable) adjustColumnWidths() {
 	for i, col := range t.columns {
 		if !col.flexible {
diff --git a/cli/cmd/uninject_test.go b/cli/cmd/uninject_test.go
index d4361042fd1c1..021196bd725a3 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/uninject_test.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/uninject_test.go
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ import (
 func TestUninjectYAML(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testCases := []struct {
-		inputFileName     string
-		goldenFileName    string
-		reportFileName    string
-		testInjectOptions *injectOptions
+		inputFileName  string
+		goldenFileName string
+		reportFileName string
 	}{
 		{
 			inputFileName:  "inject_emojivoto_deployment.golden.yml",
diff --git a/cni-plugin/main.go b/cni-plugin/main.go
index f80e44d789287..ee42d24006d1e 100644
--- a/cni-plugin/main.go
+++ b/cni-plugin/main.go
@@ -240,7 +240,3 @@ func cmdDel(args *skel.CmdArgs) error {
 	logrus.Info("linkerd-cni: cmdDel not implemented")
 	return nil
 }
-
-func cmdGet(args *skel.CmdArgs) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("linkerd-cni: cmdGet not implemented")
-}
diff --git a/controller/api/destination/endpoint_listener_test.go b/controller/api/destination/endpoint_listener_test.go
index 6492a612911c9..698111bfffef6 100644
--- a/controller/api/destination/endpoint_listener_test.go
+++ b/controller/api/destination/endpoint_listener_test.go
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
-type podExpected struct {
-	pod                   string
-	namespace             string
-	replicationController string
-	phase                 v1.PodPhase
-}
-
 var (
 	addedAddress1 = &net.TcpAddress{
 		Ip:   &net.IPAddress{Ip: &net.IPAddress_Ipv4{Ipv4: 1}},
diff --git a/controller/api/destination/endpoints_watcher.go b/controller/api/destination/endpoints_watcher.go
index 507a46f8e3680..1b05dd3541180 100644
--- a/controller/api/destination/endpoints_watcher.go
+++ b/controller/api/destination/endpoints_watcher.go
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	kubeSystem       = "kube-system"
-	endpointResource = "endpoints"
+	kubeSystem = "kube-system"
 )
 
 // TODO: prom metrics for all the queues/caches
diff --git a/controller/api/public/test_helper.go b/controller/api/public/test_helper.go
index 9b446581e2015..34b4fa6bef786 100644
--- a/controller/api/public/test_helper.go
+++ b/controller/api/public/test_helper.go
@@ -72,28 +72,6 @@ func (c *MockAPIClient) SelfCheck(ctx context.Context, in *healthcheckPb.SelfChe
 	return c.SelfCheckResponseToReturn, c.ErrorToReturn
 }
 
-type mockAPITapClient struct {
-	TapEventsToReturn []pb.TapEvent
-	ErrorsToReturn    []error
-	grpc.ClientStream
-}
-
-func (a *mockAPITapClient) Recv() (*pb.TapEvent, error) {
-	var eventPopped pb.TapEvent
-	var errorPopped error
-	if len(a.TapEventsToReturn) == 0 && len(a.ErrorsToReturn) == 0 {
-		return nil, io.EOF
-	}
-	if len(a.TapEventsToReturn) != 0 {
-		eventPopped, a.TapEventsToReturn = a.TapEventsToReturn[0], a.TapEventsToReturn[1:]
-	}
-	if len(a.ErrorsToReturn) != 0 {
-		errorPopped, a.ErrorsToReturn = a.ErrorsToReturn[0], a.ErrorsToReturn[1:]
-	}
-
-	return &eventPopped, errorPopped
-}
-
 // MockAPITapByResourceClient satisfies the TapByResourceClient gRPC interface.
 type MockAPITapByResourceClient struct {
 	TapEventsToReturn []pb.TapEvent
diff --git a/controller/api/public/top_routes_test.go b/controller/api/public/top_routes_test.go
index d9e38d87db6b3..732190173b693 100644
--- a/controller/api/public/top_routes_test.go
+++ b/controller/api/public/top_routes_test.go
@@ -131,16 +131,6 @@ type topRoutesExpected struct {
 	expectedResponse pb.TopRoutesResponse // the routes response we expect
 }
 
-func genEmptyTopRoutesResponse() pb.TopRoutesResponse {
-	return pb.TopRoutesResponse{
-		Response: &pb.TopRoutesResponse_Ok_{
-			Ok: &pb.TopRoutesResponse_Ok{
-				Routes: []*pb.RouteTable{},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func routesMetric(routes []string) model.Vector {
 	samples := make(model.Vector, 0)
 	for _, route := range routes {
diff --git a/controller/proxy-injector/webhook_test.go b/controller/proxy-injector/webhook_test.go
index 4e64172a57217..f7652031b0aa2 100644
--- a/controller/proxy-injector/webhook_test.go
+++ b/controller/proxy-injector/webhook_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/controller/proxy-injector/fake"
 	"github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/pkg/k8s"
-	admissionv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/admission/v1beta1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
@@ -180,20 +179,3 @@ func TestVolumesSpec(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Content mismatch\nExpected: %+v\nActual: %+v", expectedLinkerdSecrets, actualLinkerdSecrets)
 	}
 }
-
-func assertEqualAdmissionReview(t *testing.T, expected, actual *admissionv1beta1.AdmissionReview) {
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected.Request, actual.Request) {
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected.Request.Object, actual.Request.Object) {
-			t.Errorf("Request object mismatch\nExpected: %s\nActual: %s", expected.Request.Object, actual.Request.Object)
-		} else {
-			t.Errorf("Request mismatch\nExpected: %+v\nActual: %+v", expected.Request, actual.Request)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected.Response, actual.Response) {
-		if actual.Response.Result != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Actual response message: %s", actual.Response.Result.Message)
-		}
-		t.Errorf("Response patch mismatch\nExpected: %s\nActual: %s", expected.Response.Patch, actual.Response.Patch)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/healthcheck/version_test.go b/pkg/healthcheck/version_test.go
index 104ccd36c867e..2e621e8a69e29 100644
--- a/pkg/healthcheck/version_test.go
+++ b/pkg/healthcheck/version_test.go
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ import (
 	pb "github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/controller/gen/public"
 )
 
-func createMockPublicAPI(version string) *public.MockAPIClient {
-	return &public.MockAPIClient{
-		VersionInfoToReturn: &pb.VersionInfo{
-			ReleaseVersion: version,
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGetServerVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Returns existing version from server", func(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedServerVersion := "1.2.3"