diff --git a/cmd/admin-helper/add.go b/cmd/admin-helper/add.go
index c8d292c0..6fc51561 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-helper/add.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-helper/add.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var Add = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "add",
 	Aliases: []string{"a"},
 	Short:   "Add an entry to the hostsfile",
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return add(args)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/admin-helper/clean.go b/cmd/admin-helper/clean.go
index e806058d..0f086ea0 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-helper/clean.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-helper/clean.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 var Clean = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "clean",
 	Short: "Clean all entries added with a particular suffix",
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return clean(args)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/admin-helper/contains.go b/cmd/admin-helper/contains.go
index 19214eb7..287c3dd2 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-helper/contains.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-helper/contains.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var Contains = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "contains",
 	Short: "Check if an ip and host are present in hosts file",
 	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(2),
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return contains(args)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/admin-helper/daemon.go b/cmd/admin-helper/daemon.go
index 1f256d89..5199d9d6 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-helper/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-helper/daemon.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var UninstallDaemon = &cobra.Command{
 var Daemon = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "daemon",
 	Short: "Run as a daemon",
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return daemon()
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/admin-helper/remove.go b/cmd/admin-helper/remove.go
index 790a0bde..e8af3c94 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-helper/remove.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-helper/remove.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var Remove = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "remove",
 	Aliases: []string{"rm", "r"},
 	Short:   "Remove host(s) if exists",
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return remove(args)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/mux.go b/pkg/api/mux.go
index 35c62f91..65d640e3 100644
--- a/pkg/api/mux.go
+++ b/pkg/api/mux.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 func Mux(hosts *hosts.Hosts) http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
-	mux.HandleFunc("/version", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	mux.HandleFunc("/version", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprint(w, constants.Version)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/add", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/pkg/hosts/hosts_test.go b/pkg/hosts/hosts_test.go
index a0451fc2..90c7f4dd 100644
--- a/pkg/hosts/hosts_test.go
+++ b/pkg/hosts/hosts_test.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func hosts(t *testing.T, hostsFile string) Hosts {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	return Hosts{
 		File: file,
-		HostFilter: func(s string) bool {
+		HostFilter: func(_ string) bool {
 			return true
 		},
 	}