diff --git a/internal/devtools/go.mod b/internal/devtools/go.mod
index 4c2cdb915d..7f6988b94c 100644
--- a/internal/devtools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/devtools/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/crlfmt v0.0.0-20230505164321-461e8663b4b4
-	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.4.7
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/devtools/go.sum b/internal/devtools/go.sum
index 3783f855c1..9bee733f71 100644
--- a/internal/devtools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/devtools/go.sum
@@ -12,29 +12,16 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20221208152030-732eee02a75a h1:Jw5wfR+h9mnIYH+OtGT2im5wV1YGGDora5vTv/aa5bE=
 golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20221208152030-732eee02a75a/go.mod h1:AbB0pIl9nAr9wVwH+Z2ZpaocVmF5I4GyWCDIsVjR0bk=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616 h1:VLliZ0d+/avPrXXH+OakdXhpJuEoBZuwh1m2j7U6Iug=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.1.1-0.20191105210325-c90efee705ee/go.mod h1:QqPTAvyqsEbceGzBzNggFXnrqF1CaUcvgkdR5Ot7KZg=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 h1:rmsUpXtvNzj340zd98LZ4KntptpfRHwpFOHG188oHXc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 h1:ftCYgMx6zT/asHUrPw8BLLscYtGznsLAnjq5RH9P66E=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 h1:eG7RXZHdqOJ1i+0lgLgCpSXAp6M3LYlAo6osgSi0xOM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200130002326-2f3ba24bd6e7/go.mod h1:TB2adYChydJhpapKDTa4BR/hXlZSLoq2Wpct/0txZ28=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.12.1-0.20230825192346-2191a27a6dc5 h1:Vk4mysSz+GqQK2eqgWbo4zEO89wkeAjJiFIr9bpqa8k=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.12.1-0.20230825192346-2191a27a6dc5/go.mod h1:Sc0INKfu04TlqNoRA1hgpFZbhYXHPr4V5DzpSBTPqQM=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.4.7 h1:9MDAWxMoSnB6QoSqiVr7P5mtkT9pOc1kSxchzPCnqJs=
diff --git a/internal/devtools/tools.go b/internal/devtools/tools.go
index a47a0b25f3..2e14576bf0 100644
--- a/internal/devtools/tools.go
+++ b/internal/devtools/tools.go
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ package tools
 
 import (
 	_ "github.com/cockroachdb/crlfmt"
-	_ "golang.org/x/lint/golint"
 	_ "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"
 )
diff --git a/internal/lint/lint_test.go b/internal/lint/lint_test.go
index a7b8785eaf..31ded11f90 100644
--- a/internal/lint/lint_test.go
+++ b/internal/lint/lint_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	cmdGo       = "go"
-	golint      = "golang.org/x/lint/golint"
 	staticcheck = "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"
 	crlfmt      = "github.com/cockroachdb/crlfmt"
 )
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func ignoreGoMod() stream.Filter {
 }
 
 func installTool(t *testing.T, path string) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", "install", "-C", "../devtools", path)
+	cmd := exec.Command(cmdGo, "install", "-C", "../devtools", path)
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("cannot install %q: %v\n%s\n", path, err, out)
@@ -97,23 +96,6 @@ func TestLint(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("TestGolint", func(t *testing.T) {
-		installTool(t, golint)
-		t.Parallel()
-
-		// This is overkill right now, but provides a structure for filtering out
-		// lint errors we don't care about.
-		if err := stream.ForEach(
-			stream.Sequence(
-				dirCmd(t, pkg.Dir, "golint", pkgs...),
-				stream.GrepNot("go: downloading"),
-			), func(s string) {
-				t.Errorf("\n%s", s)
-			}); err != nil {
-			t.Error(err)
-		}
-	})
-
 	t.Run("TestStaticcheck", func(t *testing.T) {
 		installTool(t, staticcheck)
 		t.Parallel()