diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b25fb83..f35cf58 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@
 
 include Makefile.common
 
-# http.CloseNotifier is deprecated but we don't want to remove support
-# from client_golang to not break anybody still using it.
-STATICCHECK_IGNORE = \
-  github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp/delegator*.go:SA1019 \
-  github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp/instrument_server_test.go:SA1019 \
-  github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/http.go:SA1019
-
 .PHONY: test
 test: deps common-test
 
diff --git a/prometheus/counter_test.go b/prometheus/counter_test.go
index e2e31fc..56652a0 100644
--- a/prometheus/counter_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/counter_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/desc.go b/prometheus/desc.go
index e3232d7..2f19f5e 100644
--- a/prometheus/desc.go
+++ b/prometheus/desc.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/examples_test.go b/prometheus/examples_test.go
index 903d4d9..8bc051a 100644
--- a/prometheus/examples_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/examples_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/histogram.go b/prometheus/histogram.go
index 4271f43..3a5aac7 100644
--- a/prometheus/histogram.go
+++ b/prometheus/histogram.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
diff --git a/prometheus/histogram_test.go b/prometheus/histogram_test.go
index 2e8f4b8..0b4826c 100644
--- a/prometheus/histogram_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/histogram_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"testing/quick"
 	"time"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/metric.go b/prometheus/metric.go
index 0df1eff..35bd8bd 100644
--- a/prometheus/metric.go
+++ b/prometheus/metric.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/registry.go b/prometheus/registry.go
index c05d6ee..ba94405 100644
--- a/prometheus/registry.go
+++ b/prometheus/registry.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/registry_test.go b/prometheus/registry_test.go
index 67e4fcb..48596cd 100644
--- a/prometheus/registry_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/registry_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/summary.go b/prometheus/summary.go
index ae42e76..f3c1440 100644
--- a/prometheus/summary.go
+++ b/prometheus/summary.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beorn7/perks/quantile"
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
diff --git a/prometheus/value.go b/prometheus/value.go
index 2be470c..6206928 100644
--- a/prometheus/value.go
+++ b/prometheus/value.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
 
diff --git a/prometheus/wrap.go b/prometheus/wrap.go
index e303eef..da6896a 100644
--- a/prometheus/wrap.go
+++ b/prometheus/wrap.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
diff --git a/prometheus/wrap_test.go b/prometheus/wrap_test.go
index 0fbb78c..256875a 100644
--- a/prometheus/wrap_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/wrap_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"