diff --git a/common/.cirrus.yml b/common/.cirrus.yml
index ef52895656..9c4fba0ce1 100644
--- a/common/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/common/.cirrus.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ env:
     GOPATH: &gopath "/var/tmp/go"
     GOBIN: "${GOPATH}/bin"
     GOCACHE: "${GOPATH}/cache"
-    GOLANGCI_LINT_CACHE: "$GOCACHE"
     GOSRC: &gosrc "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/containers/common"
     CIRRUS_WORKING_DIR: *gosrc
     # The default is 'sh' if unspecified
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ testing_task:
   env:
     NETAVARK_BINARY: "/usr/libexec/podman/netavark"
   test_script:
-    - mkdir "$GOLANGCI_LINT_CACHE"
     - export PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
     - gpg --batch --passphrase '' --quick-gen-key tester@localhost default default never
     - make vendor
diff --git a/common/.golangci.yml b/common/.golangci.yml
index 1bec377771..d71b6b310b 100644
--- a/common/.golangci.yml
+++ b/common/.golangci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ linters:
     - exhaustive
     - gochecknoglobals
     - err113
-    - gomnd
     - nolintlint
     - wrapcheck
     - varnamelen
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ linters:
     - maintidx
     - ireturn
     - exhaustruct
-    - execinquery
     - gosec
     - godot
     - gocyclo
diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 7884489bb0..8b72861f60 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ docs:
 	$(MAKE) -C docs
 
 .PHONY: validate
-validate: build/golangci-lint
-	./build/golangci-lint run
+validate:
+	golangci-lint run
 	./tools/validate_seccomp.sh ./pkg/seccomp
 
 vendor-in-container:
@@ -85,12 +85,9 @@ vendor:
 	$(GO) mod verify
 
 .PHONY: install.tools
-install.tools: build/golangci-lint .install.md2man
-
-build/golangci-lint: VERSION=v1.60.3
-build/golangci-lint:
-	curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/$(VERSION)/install.sh | sh -s -- -b ./build $(VERSION)
+install.tools: .install.md2man
 
+.PHONY: .install.md2man
 .install.md2man:
 	$(GO) install github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2@latest