diff --git a/common/libimage/image.go b/common/libimage/image.go
index 9090f035a2..9fdf0df2a3 100644
--- a/common/libimage/image.go
+++ b/common/libimage/image.go
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ func (i *Image) RepoDigests() ([]string, error) {
 // Mount the image with the specified mount options and label, both of which
 // are directly passed down to the containers storage.  Returns the fully
 // evaluated path to the mount point.
-func (i *Image) Mount(ctx context.Context, mountOptions []string, mountLabel string) (string, error) {
+func (i *Image) Mount(_ context.Context, mountOptions []string, mountLabel string) (string, error) {
 	if i.runtime.eventChannel != nil {
 		defer i.runtime.writeEvent(&Event{ID: i.ID(), Name: "", Time: time.Now(), Type: EventTypeImageMount})
 	}
diff --git a/common/libnetwork/cni/config.go b/common/libnetwork/cni/config.go
index 5c4e4a7337..a1eeceb72b 100644
--- a/common/libnetwork/cni/config.go
+++ b/common/libnetwork/cni/config.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-func (n *cniNetwork) NetworkUpdate(name string, options types.NetworkUpdateOptions) error {
+func (n *cniNetwork) NetworkUpdate(_ string, _ types.NetworkUpdateOptions) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("NetworkUpdate is not supported for backend CNI: %w", types.ErrInvalidArg)
 }
 
diff --git a/common/pkg/cgroups/cpuset_linux.go b/common/pkg/cgroups/cpuset_linux.go
index a4cc2acaf6..c55c76864a 100644
--- a/common/pkg/cgroups/cpuset_linux.go
+++ b/common/pkg/cgroups/cpuset_linux.go
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ func (c *linuxCpusetHandler) Destroy(ctr *CgroupControl) error {
 }
 
 // Stat fills a metrics structure with usage stats for the controller
-func (c *linuxCpusetHandler) Stat(ctr *CgroupControl, m *cgroups.Stats) error {
+func (c *linuxCpusetHandler) Stat(_ *CgroupControl, _ *cgroups.Stats) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/common/pkg/completion/completion.go b/common/pkg/completion/completion.go
index b5e6d6d306..908d568fff 100644
--- a/common/pkg/completion/completion.go
+++ b/common/pkg/completion/completion.go
@@ -23,19 +23,19 @@ func CompleteCommandFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, flags FlagCompletions) {
 /* Autocomplete Functions for cobra ValidArgsFunction */
 
 // AutocompleteNone - Block the default shell completion (no paths)
-func AutocompleteNone(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteNone(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 }
 
 // AutocompleteDefault - Use the default shell completion,
 // allows path completion.
-func AutocompleteDefault(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteDefault(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
 }
 
 // AutocompleteCapabilities - Autocomplete linux capabilities options.
 // Used by --cap-add and --cap-drop.
-func AutocompleteCapabilities(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteCapabilities(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	caps := capabilities.AllCapabilities()
 
 	// convertCase will convert a string to lowercase only if the user input is lowercase
@@ -83,17 +83,17 @@ func autocompleteSubIDName(filename string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective)
 }
 
 // AutocompleteSubgidName - Autocomplete subgidname based on the names in the /etc/subgid file.
-func AutocompleteSubgidName(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteSubgidName(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	return autocompleteSubIDName("/etc/subgid")
 }
 
 // AutocompleteSubuidName - Autocomplete subuidname based on the names in the /etc/subuid file.
-func AutocompleteSubuidName(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteSubuidName(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	return autocompleteSubIDName("/etc/subuid")
 }
 
 // AutocompleteArch - Autocomplete platform supported by container engines
-func AutocompletePlatform(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompletePlatform(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	completions := []string{
 		"linux/386",
 		"linux/amd64",
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func AutocompletePlatform(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string)
 }
 
 // AutocompleteArch - Autocomplete architectures supported by container engines
-func AutocompleteArch(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteArch(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	completions := []string{
 		"386",
 		"amd64",
@@ -135,19 +135,19 @@ func AutocompleteArch(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]s
 }
 
 // AutocompleteOS - Autocomplete OS supported by container engines
-func AutocompleteOS(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteOS(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	completions := []string{"linux", "windows"}
 	return completions, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 }
 
 // AutocompleteJSONFormat - Autocomplete format flag option.
 // -> "json"
-func AutocompleteJSONFormat(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteJSONFormat(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	return []string{"json"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 }
 
 // AutocompleteOneArg - Autocomplete one random arg
-func AutocompleteOneArg(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+func AutocompleteOneArg(_ *cobra.Command, args []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	if len(args) == 1 {
 		return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
 	}
diff --git a/common/pkg/hooks/hooks.go b/common/pkg/hooks/hooks.go
index 2c47f440bc..2758d122d1 100644
--- a/common/pkg/hooks/hooks.go
+++ b/common/pkg/hooks/hooks.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type namedHook struct {
 // those specified in the OCI Runtime Specification and to control
 // OCI-defined stages instead of delegating to the OCI runtime.  See
 // Hooks() for more information.
-func New(ctx context.Context, directories []string, extensionStages []string) (manager *Manager, err error) {
+func New(_ context.Context, directories []string, extensionStages []string) (manager *Manager, err error) {
 	manager = &Manager{
 		hooks:           map[string]*current.Hook{},
 		directories:     directories,
diff --git a/common/pkg/manifests/manifests.go b/common/pkg/manifests/manifests.go
index d351bdf17f..8296faa820 100644
--- a/common/pkg/manifests/manifests.go
+++ b/common/pkg/manifests/manifests.go
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ func Create() List {
 
 // AddInstance adds an entry for the specified manifest digest, with assorted
 // additional information specified in parameters, to the list or index.
-func (l *list) AddInstance(manifestDigest digest.Digest, manifestSize int64, manifestType, osName, architecture, osVersion string, osFeatures []string, variant string, features, annotations []string) error {
+func (l *list) AddInstance(manifestDigest digest.Digest, manifestSize int64, manifestType, osName, architecture, osVersion string, osFeatures []string, variant string, features, annotations []string) error { // nolint:revive
+	// FIXME: the annotations argument is currently ignored
 	if err := l.Remove(manifestDigest); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/common/pkg/supplemented/supplemented.go b/common/pkg/supplemented/supplemented.go
index 58c9af6541..6ae9a41604 100644
--- a/common/pkg/supplemented/supplemented.go
+++ b/common/pkg/supplemented/supplemented.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (s *supplementedImageReference) NewImageSource(ctx context.Context, sys *ty
 	return iss, nil
 }
 
-func (s *supplementedImageReference) DeleteImage(ctx context.Context, sys *types.SystemContext) error {
+func (s *supplementedImageReference) DeleteImage(_ context.Context, _ *types.SystemContext) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("deletion of images not implemented")
 }