diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 9e64d71b59..235bb76715 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ linters:
     - gocritic
     - bidichk
     - ineffassign
+    - revive
   enable-all: false
   disable-all: true
   fast: false
@@ -28,6 +29,34 @@ linters-settings:
     disabled-checks:
       - ifElseChain
       - singleCaseSwitch # Every time this occurred in the code, there  was no other way.
+  revive:
+    ignore-generated-header: false
+    severity: warning
+    confidence: 0.8
+    errorCode: 1
+    warningCode: 1
+    rules:
+      - name: blank-imports
+      - name: context-as-argument
+      - name: context-keys-type
+      - name: dot-imports
+      - name: error-return
+      - name: error-strings
+      - name: error-naming
+      - name: exported
+      - name: if-return
+      - name: increment-decrement
+      - name: var-naming
+      - name: var-declaration
+      - name: package-comments
+      - name: range
+      - name: receiver-naming
+      - name: time-naming
+      - name: unexported-return
+      - name: indent-error-flow
+      - name: errorf
+      - name: duplicated-imports
+      - name: modifies-value-receiver
 
 issues:
   exclude-rules:
diff --git a/.revive.toml b/.revive.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 54f075f84f..0000000000
--- a/.revive.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-ignoreGeneratedHeader = false
-severity = "warning"
-confidence = 0.8
-errorCode = 1
-warningCode = 1
-
-[rule.blank-imports]
-[rule.context-as-argument]
-[rule.context-keys-type]
-[rule.dot-imports]
-[rule.error-return]
-[rule.error-strings]
-[rule.error-naming]
-[rule.exported]
-[rule.if-return]
-[rule.increment-decrement]
-[rule.var-naming]
-[rule.var-declaration]
-[rule.package-comments]
-[rule.range]
-[rule.receiver-naming]
-[rule.time-naming]
-[rule.unexported-return]
-[rule.indent-error-flow]
-[rule.errorf]
-[rule.duplicated-imports]
-[rule.modifies-value-receiver]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4800bb4806..00318b4afd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ help:
 	@echo " - generate-swagger                 generate the swagger spec from code comments"
 	@echo " - swagger-validate                 check if the swagger spec is valid"
 	@echo " - golangci-lint                    run golangci-lint linter"
-	@echo " - revive                           run revive linter"
-	@echo " - misspell                         check for misspellings"
 	@echo " - vet                              examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs"
 	@echo " - test[\#TestSpecificName]    	    run unit test"
 	@echo " - test-sqlite[\#TestSpecificName]  run integration test for sqlite"
@@ -280,29 +278,6 @@ errcheck:
 	@echo "Running errcheck..."
 	@errcheck $(GO_PACKAGES)
 
-.PHONY: revive
-revive:
-	@hash revive > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
-		$(GO) install github.com/mgechev/revive@v1.1.2; \
-	fi
-	@revive -config .revive.toml -exclude=./vendor/... ./...
-
-.PHONY: misspell-check
-misspell-check:
-	@hash misspell > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
-		$(GO) install github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell@v0.3.4; \
-	fi
-	@echo "Running misspell-check..."
-	@$(GO) run build/code-batch-process.go misspell -error -i unknwon '{file-list}'
-
-.PHONY: misspell
-misspell:
-	@hash misspell > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
-		$(GO) install github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell@v0.3.4; \
-	fi
-	@echo "Running go misspell..."
-	@$(GO) run build/code-batch-process.go misspell -w -i unknwon '{file-list}'
-
 .PHONY: fmt-check
 fmt-check:
 	# get all go files and run go fmt on them
@@ -320,7 +295,7 @@ checks: checks-frontend checks-backend
 checks-frontend: svg-check
 
 .PHONY: checks-backend
-checks-backend: misspell-check test-vendor swagger-check swagger-validate
+checks-backend: test-vendor swagger-check swagger-validate
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: lint-frontend lint-backend
@@ -332,7 +307,7 @@ lint-frontend: node_modules
 	npx editorconfig-checker templates
 
 .PHONY: lint-backend
-lint-backend: golangci-lint revive vet
+lint-backend: golangci-lint vet
 
 .PHONY: watch
 watch: