diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index e9718dfb78..b9ee39d9c7 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 }
 
 flatten_lints <- function(x) {
-  structure(
-    flatten_list(x, class = "lint"),
-    class = "lints"
-  )
+  x <- flatten_list(x, class = "lint")
+  class(x) <- "lints"
+  x
 }
 
 # any function using unlist or c was dropping the classnames,
@@ -169,7 +168,9 @@ Linter <- function(fun, name = linter_auto_name()) { # nolint: object_name.
     stop("`fun` must be a function taking exactly one argument.", call. = FALSE)
   }
   force(name)
-  structure(fun, class = c("linter", "function"), name = name)
+  class(fun) <- c("linter", "function")
+  attr(fun, "name") <- name
+  fun
 }
 
 read_lines <- function(file, encoding = settings$encoding, ...) {