diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9efa75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Run only staticcheck for now. Additional linters will be enabled one-by-one.
+linters:
+  enable:
+  - staticcheck
+  disable-all: true
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 502935d..ec1220d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ go:
 
 script:
   - make check_license unused test-short
-  - if [[ ! $TRAVIS_GO_VERSION =~ ^1\.(7|8|9)\.[x0-9]+$ ]]; then make staticcheck; fi
+  - if [[ ! $TRAVIS_GO_VERSION =~ ^1\.(7|8|9)\.[x0-9]+$ ]]; then make lint; fi
   # style is only checked against the latest supported Go version.
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_GO_VERSION =~ ^1\.(12)\. ]]; then make style; fi
diff --git a/prometheus/http.go b/prometheus/http.go
index 0fa339a..19a3e8f 100644
--- a/prometheus/http.go
+++ b/prometheus/http.go
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ type fancyResponseWriterDelegator struct {
 }
 
 func (f *fancyResponseWriterDelegator) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 http.CloseNotifier is deprecated but we don't want to
+	//remove support from client_golang yet.
 	return f.ResponseWriter.(http.CloseNotifier).CloseNotify()
 }
 
diff --git a/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go b/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go
index 5de5bbc..1f38090 100644
--- a/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go
+++ b/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ type hijackerDelegator struct{ *responseWriterDelegator }
 type readerFromDelegator struct{ *responseWriterDelegator }
 
 func (d closeNotifierDelegator) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 http.CloseNotifier is deprecated but we don't want to
+	//remove support from client_golang yet.
 	return d.ResponseWriter.(http.CloseNotifier).CloseNotify()
 }
 func (d flusherDelegator) Flush() {
diff --git a/prometheus/promhttp/delegator_1_8.go b/prometheus/promhttp/delegator_1_8.go
index 31a7069..79dbd20 100644
--- a/prometheus/promhttp/delegator_1_8.go
+++ b/prometheus/promhttp/delegator_1_8.go
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ func newDelegator(w http.ResponseWriter, observeWriteHeaderFunc func(int)) deleg
 	}
 
 	id := 0
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 http.CloseNotifier is deprecated but we don't want to
+	//remove support from client_golang yet.
 	if _, ok := w.(http.CloseNotifier); ok {
 		id += closeNotifier
 	}
diff --git a/prometheus/promhttp/instrument_server_test.go b/prometheus/promhttp/instrument_server_test.go
index 716c6f4..11e42f2 100644
--- a/prometheus/promhttp/instrument_server_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/promhttp/instrument_server_test.go
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ func (t *testFlusher) Flush()                    { t.flushCalled = true }
 func TestInterfaceUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	w := &testResponseWriter{}
 	d := newDelegator(w, nil)
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 http.CloseNotifier is deprecated but we don't want to
+	//remove support from client_golang yet.
 	d.(http.CloseNotifier).CloseNotify()
 	if !w.closeNotifyCalled {
 		t.Error("CloseNotify not called")
@@ -312,6 +314,8 @@ func TestInterfaceUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 
 	f := &testFlusher{}
 	d = newDelegator(f, nil)
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 http.CloseNotifier is deprecated but we don't want to
+	//remove support from client_golang yet.
 	if _, ok := d.(http.CloseNotifier); ok {
 		t.Error("delegator unexpectedly implements http.CloseNotifier")
 	}