diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 075c1e3..8043d57 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ linters-settings:
         #- pkg: "regexp"
         #  desc: "Use github.com/grafana/regexp instead of regexp"
   errcheck:
-    exclude: scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
+    exclude-functions:
+      # The following 2 methods always return nil as the error
+      - (*github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2.Digest).Write
+      - (*github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2.Digest).WriteString
+      - (*bufio.Writer).WriteRune
   goimports:
     local-prefixes: github.com/prometheus/client_golang
   gofumpt:
diff --git a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt b/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 64c91af..0000000
--- a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// The following 2 methods always return nil as the error
-(*github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2.Digest).Write
-(*github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2.Digest).WriteString
-
-(*bufio.Writer).WriteRune