diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go
index 620c3be733d8..e32b65e7a493 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 	summaryMetricCalculator = aws.NewMetricCalculator(calculateSummaryDelta)
 )
 
-func calculateSummaryDelta(prev *aws.MetricValue, val interface{}, timestampMs time.Time) (interface{}, bool) {
+func calculateSummaryDelta(prev *aws.MetricValue, val interface{}, _ time.Time) (interface{}, bool) {
 	metricEntry := val.(summaryMetricEntry)
 	summaryDelta := metricEntry.sum
 	countDelta := metricEntry.count
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ type summaryMetricEntry struct {
 }
 
 // CalculateDeltaDatapoints retrieves the NumberDataPoint at the given index and performs rate/delta calculation if necessary.
-func (dps numberDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(i int, instrumentationScopeName string, detailedMetrics bool) ([]dataPoint, bool) {
+func (dps numberDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(i int, instrumentationScopeName string, _ bool) ([]dataPoint, bool) {
 	metric := dps.NumberDataPointSlice.At(i)
 	labels := createLabels(metric.Attributes(), instrumentationScopeName)
 	timestampMs := unixNanoToMilliseconds(metric.Timestamp())
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (dps numberDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(i int, instrumentationS
 }
 
 // CalculateDeltaDatapoints retrieves the HistogramDataPoint at the given index.
-func (dps histogramDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(i int, instrumentationScopeName string, detailedMetrics bool) ([]dataPoint, bool) {
+func (dps histogramDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(i int, instrumentationScopeName string, _ bool) ([]dataPoint, bool) {
 	metric := dps.HistogramDataPointSlice.At(i)
 	labels := createLabels(metric.Attributes(), instrumentationScopeName)
 	timestamp := unixNanoToMilliseconds(metric.Timestamp())
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go
index 783c45d3410b..f861c026e9d7 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (emf *emfExporter) listPushers() []cwlogs.Pusher {
 }
 
 // shutdown stops the exporter and is invoked during shutdown.
-func (emf *emfExporter) shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (emf *emfExporter) shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 	for _, emfPusher := range emf.listPushers() {
 		returnError := emfPusher.ForceFlush()
 		if returnError != nil {
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go
index b95982d50475..67e2739516b0 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type mockPusher struct {
 	mock.Mock
 }
 
-func (p *mockPusher) AddLogEntry(logEvent *cwlogs.Event) error {
+func (p *mockPusher) AddLogEntry(_ *cwlogs.Event) error {
 	args := p.Called(nil)
 	errorStr := args.String(0)
 	if errorStr != "" {
diff --git a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/factory.go b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/factory.go
index 4bc1f4241a9f..aee00000a27c 100644
--- a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/factory.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 }
 
 func (f *factory) createTracesExporter(
-	ctx context.Context,
+	_ context.Context,
 	set exporter.CreateSettings,
 	cfg component.Config,
 ) (exporter.Traces, error) {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (f *factory) createTracesExporter(
 }
 
 func (f *factory) createLogsExporter(
-	ctx context.Context,
+	_ context.Context,
 	set exporter.CreateSettings,
 	cfg component.Config,
 ) (exporter.Logs, error) {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (f *factory) createLogsExporter(
 }
 
 func (f *factory) createMetricsExporter(
-	ctx context.Context,
+	_ context.Context,
 	set exporter.CreateSettings,
 	cfg component.Config,
 ) (exporter.Metrics, error) {
diff --git a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/logexporter.go b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/logexporter.go
index bc402249a116..c823887d3f60 100644
--- a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/logexporter.go
+++ b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/logexporter.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type logExporter struct {
 	logger           *zap.Logger
 }
 
-func (exporter *logExporter) onLogData(context context.Context, logData plog.Logs) error {
+func (exporter *logExporter) onLogData(_ context.Context, logData plog.Logs) error {
 	resourceLogs := logData.ResourceLogs()
 	logPacker := newLogPacker(exporter.logger)
 
diff --git a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/metricexporter.go b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/metricexporter.go
index 82771584490b..bd264fad600a 100644
--- a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/metricexporter.go
+++ b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/metricexporter.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type metricExporter struct {
 	packer           *metricPacker
 }
 
-func (exporter *metricExporter) onMetricData(context context.Context, metricData pmetric.Metrics) error {
+func (exporter *metricExporter) onMetricData(_ context.Context, metricData pmetric.Metrics) error {
 	resourceMetrics := metricData.ResourceMetrics()
 
 	for i := 0; i < resourceMetrics.Len(); i++ {
diff --git a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/traceexporter.go b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/traceexporter.go
index 339313a7440e..a3dc717c3ae3 100644
--- a/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/traceexporter.go
+++ b/exporter/azuremonitorexporter/traceexporter.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (v *traceVisitor) visit(
 	return true
 }
 
-func (exporter *traceExporter) onTraceData(context context.Context, traceData ptrace.Traces) error {
+func (exporter *traceExporter) onTraceData(_ context.Context, traceData ptrace.Traces) error {
 	spanCount := traceData.SpanCount()
 	if spanCount == 0 {
 		return nil
diff --git a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs_test.go b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs_test.go
index 30c7d057b313..081d5e627e24 100644
--- a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs_test.go
+++ b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs_test.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ type testClickhouseDriver struct {
 	recorder recorder
 }
 
-func (t *testClickhouseDriver) Open(name string) (driver.Conn, error) {
+func (t *testClickhouseDriver) Open(_ string) (driver.Conn, error) {
 	return &testClickhouseDriverConn{
 		recorder: t.recorder,
 	}, nil
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (*testClickhouseDriverConn) Begin() (driver.Tx, error) {
 	return &testClickhouseDriverTx{}, nil
 }
 
-func (*testClickhouseDriverConn) CheckNamedValue(v *driver.NamedValue) error {
+func (*testClickhouseDriverConn) CheckNamedValue(_ *driver.NamedValue) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (t *testClickhouseDriverStmt) Exec(args []driver.Value) (driver.Result, err
 	return nil, t.recorder(t.query, args)
 }
 
-func (t *testClickhouseDriverStmt) Query(args []driver.Value) (driver.Rows, error) {
+func (t *testClickhouseDriverStmt) Query(_ []driver.Value) (driver.Rows, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go
index 120543888115..44eb408cedb3 100644
--- a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go
+++ b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (e *metricsExporter) start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 }
 
 // shutdown will shut down the exporter.
-func (e *metricsExporter) shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (e *metricsExporter) shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 	if e.client != nil {
 		return e.client.Close()
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ec2/ec2.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ec2/ec2.go
index bc16e431b5ff..0b53df8fc78b 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ec2/ec2.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ec2/ec2.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func GetHostInfo(logger *zap.Logger) (hostInfo *HostInfo) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (hi *HostInfo) GetHostname(logger *zap.Logger) string {
+func (hi *HostInfo) GetHostname(_ *zap.Logger) string {
 	if isDefaultHostname(hi.EC2Hostname) {
 		return hi.InstanceID
 	}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (p *Provider) fillHostInfo() {
 	p.once.Do(func() { p.hostInfo = *GetHostInfo(p.logger) })
 }
 
-func (p *Provider) Source(ctx context.Context) (source.Source, error) {
+func (p *Provider) Source(_ context.Context) (source.Source, error) {
 	p.fillHostInfo()
 	if p.hostInfo.InstanceID == "" {
 		return source.Source{}, fmt.Errorf("instance ID is unavailable")
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ecs/provider.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ecs/provider.go
index 3e7ed7a04f8d..186aa1ca9c08 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ecs/provider.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/ecs/provider.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Provider struct {
 }
 
 // OnECSFargate determines if the application is running on ECS Fargate.
-func (p *Provider) OnECSFargate(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+func (p *Provider) OnECSFargate(_ context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	if p.missingEndpoint {
 		// No ECS metadata endpoint, therefore not on ECS Fargate
 		return false, nil
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/gcp/provider.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/gcp/provider.go
index 89cd2c7a8d58..399fdd3867db 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/gcp/provider.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/hostmetadata/internal/gcp/provider.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (p *Provider) Source(context.Context) (source.Source, error) {
 	return source.Source{Kind: source.HostnameKind, Identifier: fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", name, cloudAccount)}, nil
 }
 
-func (p *Provider) ClusterName(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+func (p *Provider) ClusterName(_ context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return p.detector.GKEClusterName()
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/testutil/test_utils.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/testutil/test_utils.go
index 0394b5d05bae..0661282b0f79 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/testutil/test_utils.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/testutil/test_utils.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type validateAPIKeyResponse struct {
 	Valid bool `json:"valid"`
 }
 
-func validateAPIKeyEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func validateAPIKeyEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	res := validateAPIKeyResponse{Valid: true}
 	resJSON, _ := json.Marshal(res)
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func validateAPIKeyEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-func validateAPIKeyEndpointInvalid(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func validateAPIKeyEndpointInvalid(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	res := validateAPIKeyResponse{Valid: false}
 	resJSON, _ := json.Marshal(res)
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ type metricsResponse struct {
 	Status string `json:"status"`
 }
 
-func metricsEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func metricsEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	res := metricsResponse{Status: "ok"}
 	resJSON, _ := json.Marshal(res)
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func metricsEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-func metricsV2Endpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func metricsV2Endpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	res := metricsResponse{Status: "ok"}
 	resJSON, _ := json.Marshal(res)
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ type MockSourceProvider struct {
 	Src source.Source
 }
 
-func (s *MockSourceProvider) Source(ctx context.Context) (source.Source, error) {
+func (s *MockSourceProvider) Source(_ context.Context) (source.Source, error) {
 	return s.Src, nil
 }
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ type MockStatsProcessor struct {
 	In []pb.ClientStatsPayload
 }
 
-func (s *MockStatsProcessor) ProcessStats(in pb.ClientStatsPayload, lang, tracerVersion string) {
+func (s *MockStatsProcessor) ProcessStats(in pb.ClientStatsPayload, _, _ string) {
 	s.In = append(s.In, in)
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/logs_exporter.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/logs_exporter.go
index c127557b860f..1e7f26601d15 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/logs_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/logs_exporter.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func newLogsExporter(ctx context.Context, params exporter.CreateSettings, cfg *C
 var _ consumer.ConsumeLogsFunc = (*logsExporter)(nil).consumeLogs
 
 // consumeLogs is implementation of cosumer.ConsumeLogsFunc
-func (exp *logsExporter) consumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) (err error) {
+func (exp *logsExporter) consumeLogs(_ context.Context, ld plog.Logs) (err error) {
 	defer func() { err = exp.scrubber.Scrub(err) }()
 	if exp.cfg.HostMetadata.Enabled {
 		// start host metadata with resource attributes from
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/traces_exporter_test.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/traces_exporter_test.go
index ed6348d91409..9447926ec728 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/traces_exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/traces_exporter_test.go
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 type testlogger struct{}
 
 // Trace implements Logger.
-func (testlogger) Trace(v ...interface{}) {}
+func (testlogger) Trace(_ ...interface{}) {}
 
 // Tracef implements Logger.
-func (testlogger) Tracef(format string, params ...interface{}) {}
+func (testlogger) Tracef(_ string, _ ...interface{}) {}
 
 // Debug implements Logger.
 func (testlogger) Debug(v ...interface{}) { fmt.Println("DEBUG", fmt.Sprint(v...)) }
diff --git a/exporter/pulsarexporter/jaeger_marshaler.go b/exporter/pulsarexporter/jaeger_marshaler.go
index 553e74457c79..070c13033cf0 100644
--- a/exporter/pulsarexporter/jaeger_marshaler.go
+++ b/exporter/pulsarexporter/jaeger_marshaler.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type jaegerMarshaler struct {
 
 var _ TracesMarshaler = (*jaegerMarshaler)(nil)
 
-func (j jaegerMarshaler) Marshal(traces ptrace.Traces, topic string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
+func (j jaegerMarshaler) Marshal(traces ptrace.Traces, _ string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
 	batches, err := jaeger.ProtoFromTraces(traces)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/exporter/pulsarexporter/pdata_marshaler.go b/exporter/pulsarexporter/pdata_marshaler.go
index 8943129783a5..86125f194dfa 100644
--- a/exporter/pulsarexporter/pdata_marshaler.go
+++ b/exporter/pulsarexporter/pdata_marshaler.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type pdataLogsMarshaler struct {
 	encoding  string
 }
 
-func (p pdataLogsMarshaler) Marshal(ld plog.Logs, topic string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
+func (p pdataLogsMarshaler) Marshal(ld plog.Logs, _ string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
 	bts, err := p.marshaler.MarshalLogs(ld)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type pdataMetricsMarshaler struct {
 	encoding  string
 }
 
-func (p pdataMetricsMarshaler) Marshal(ld pmetric.Metrics, topic string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
+func (p pdataMetricsMarshaler) Marshal(ld pmetric.Metrics, _ string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
 	bts, err := p.marshaler.MarshalMetrics(ld)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type pdataTracesMarshaler struct {
 	encoding  string
 }
 
-func (p pdataTracesMarshaler) Marshal(td ptrace.Traces, topic string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
+func (p pdataTracesMarshaler) Marshal(td ptrace.Traces, _ string) ([]*pulsar.ProducerMessage, error) {
 	bts, err := p.marshaler.MarshalTraces(td)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go
index 98bb6f566943..48b1c2735a96 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (se *signalfxExporter) pushLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (se *signalfxExporter) shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (se *signalfxExporter) shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 	if se.cancelFn != nil {
 		se.cancelFn()
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/hostmetadata/host_others.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/hostmetadata/host_others.go
index f8767702f688..a010c6ee433e 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/hostmetadata/host_others.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/hostmetadata/host_others.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 package hostmetadata // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/hostmetadata"
 
-func fillPlatformSpecificOSData(info *hostOS) error {
+func fillPlatformSpecificOSData(_ *hostOS) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func fillPlatformSpecificCPUData(info *hostCPU) error {
+func fillPlatformSpecificCPUData(_ *hostCPU) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/exporter/tencentcloudlogserviceexporter/logs_exporter.go b/exporter/tencentcloudlogserviceexporter/logs_exporter.go
index 771c694225e6..d427a7d8d5e9 100644
--- a/exporter/tencentcloudlogserviceexporter/logs_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/tencentcloudlogserviceexporter/logs_exporter.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type logServiceLogsSender struct {
 }
 
 func (s *logServiceLogsSender) pushLogsData(
-	ctx context.Context,
+	_ context.Context,
 	md plog.Logs) error {
 	var err error
 	clsLogs := convertLogs(md)
diff --git a/extension/awsproxy/extension.go b/extension/awsproxy/extension.go
index b4f2b672a94d..7e703bc6cefc 100644
--- a/extension/awsproxy/extension.go
+++ b/extension/awsproxy/extension.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type xrayProxy struct {
 
 var _ extension.Extension = (*xrayProxy)(nil)
 
-func (x xrayProxy) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
+func (x xrayProxy) Start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) error {
 	go func() {
 		if err := x.server.ListenAndServe(); !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) && err != nil {
 			host.ReportFatalError(err)
diff --git a/extension/basicauthextension/extension.go b/extension/basicauthextension/extension.go
index db3742981c56..28c69b9fcb1f 100644
--- a/extension/basicauthextension/extension.go
+++ b/extension/basicauthextension/extension.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func newServerAuthExtension(cfg *Config) (auth.Server, error) {
 	), nil
 }
 
-func (ba *basicAuth) serverStart(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
+func (ba *basicAuth) serverStart(_ context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 	var rs []io.Reader
 
 	if ba.htpasswd.File != "" {
diff --git a/processor/datadogprocessor/processor.go b/processor/datadogprocessor/processor.go
index 6e35761518cf..d828b4a8221e 100644
--- a/processor/datadogprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/datadogprocessor/processor.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func newProcessor(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger, config component.Conf
 }
 
 // Start implements the component.Component interface.
-func (p *datadogProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
+func (p *datadogProcessor) Start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) error {
 	var datadogs []exporter.Metrics
 loop:
 	for k, exp := range host.GetExporters()[component.DataTypeMetrics] {
diff --git a/processor/datadogprocessor/processor_test.go b/processor/datadogprocessor/processor_test.go
index 682dba478de9..9ff845e422af 100644
--- a/processor/datadogprocessor/processor_test.go
+++ b/processor/datadogprocessor/processor_test.go
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ type mockHost struct {
 	Exporters map[component.DataType]map[component.ID]component.Component
 }
 
-func (m *mockHost) ReportFatalError(err error) {}
+func (m *mockHost) ReportFatalError(_ error) {}
 
-func (m *mockHost) GetFactory(kind component.Kind, componentType component.Type) component.Factory {
+func (m *mockHost) GetFactory(_ component.Kind, _ component.Type) component.Factory {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/processor/logstransformprocessor/factory.go b/processor/logstransformprocessor/factory.go
index 7bbc3effcee0..3a584ee53a68 100644
--- a/processor/logstransformprocessor/factory.go
+++ b/processor/logstransformprocessor/factory.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 }
 
 func createLogsProcessor(
-	ctx context.Context,
+	_ context.Context,
 	set processor.CreateSettings,
 	cfg component.Config,
 	nextConsumer consumer.Logs) (processor.Logs, error) {
diff --git a/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go b/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go
index 944997463d31..9df756c03344 100644
--- a/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/logstransformprocessor/processor.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Capabilities() consumer.Capabilities {
 	return consumer.Capabilities{MutatesData: true}
 }
 
-func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 	ltp.logger.Info("Stopping logs transform processor")
 	pipelineErr := ltp.pipe.Stop()
 	ltp.converter.Stop()
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return pipelineErr
 }
 
-func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
+func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 
 	// There is no need for this processor to use storage
 	err := ltp.pipe.Start(storage.NewNopClient())
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Hos
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) ConsumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
+func (ltp *logsTransformProcessor) ConsumeLogs(_ context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 	// Add the logs to the chain
 	return ltp.fromConverter.Batch(ld)
 }
diff --git a/processor/schemaprocessor/transformer.go b/processor/schemaprocessor/transformer.go
index 959478da0420..3437747b0674 100644
--- a/processor/schemaprocessor/transformer.go
+++ b/processor/schemaprocessor/transformer.go
@@ -35,21 +35,21 @@ func newTransformer(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (t transformer) processLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) (plog.Logs, error) {
+func (t transformer) processLogs(_ context.Context, ld plog.Logs) (plog.Logs, error) {
 	return ld, nil
 }
 
-func (t transformer) processMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) (pmetric.Metrics, error) {
+func (t transformer) processMetrics(_ context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) (pmetric.Metrics, error) {
 	return md, nil
 }
 
-func (t transformer) processTraces(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) (ptrace.Traces, error) {
+func (t transformer) processTraces(_ context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) (ptrace.Traces, error) {
 	return td, nil
 }
 
 // start will load the remote file definition if it isn't already cached
 // and resolve the schema translation file
-func (t *transformer) start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
+func (t *transformer) start(_ context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 	for _, target := range t.targets {
 		t.log.Info("Fetching remote schema url", zap.String("schema-url", target))
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/activedirectorydsreceiver/scraper.go b/receiver/activedirectorydsreceiver/scraper.go
index 832bc2191321..541aebd9e451 100644
--- a/receiver/activedirectorydsreceiver/scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/activedirectorydsreceiver/scraper.go
@@ -251,6 +251,6 @@ func (a *activeDirectoryDSScraper) scrape(ctx context.Context) (pmetric.Metrics,
 	return pmetric.Metrics(a.mb.Emit()), nil
 }
 
-func (a *activeDirectoryDSScraper) shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (a *activeDirectoryDSScraper) shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 	return a.w.Close()
 }
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/factory.go b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/factory.go
index ef1ad671bfcb..307fa011b5c3 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/factory.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/factory.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 
 // createMetricsReceiver creates a metrics receiver based on provided Config.
 func createMetricsReceiver(
-	ctx context.Context,
+	_ context.Context,
 	params receiver.CreateSettings,
 	cfg component.Config,
 	nextConsumer consumer.Metrics,
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/receiver.go
index c253517ccb61..6836c397d723 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusexecreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func getSubprocessConfig(cfg *Config) *subprocessmanager.SubprocessConfig {
 }
 
 // Start creates the configs and calls the function that handles the prometheus_exec receiver
-func (per *prometheusExecReceiver) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
+func (per *prometheusExecReceiver) Start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) error {
 	// shutdown channel
 	per.shutdownCh = make(chan struct{})
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func getDelay(elapsed time.Duration, healthyProcessDuration time.Duration, crash
 }
 
 // Shutdown stops the underlying Prometheus receiver.
-func (per *prometheusExecReceiver) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (per *prometheusExecReceiver) Shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 	if per.shutdownCh == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
index e84d9200948a..f866ccff2d45 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (t *transaction) AppendExemplar(_ storage.SeriesRef, l labels.Labels, e exe
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
-func (t *transaction) AppendHistogram(_ storage.SeriesRef, _ labels.Labels, _ int64, h *histogram.Histogram, _ *histogram.FloatHistogram) (storage.SeriesRef, error) {
+func (t *transaction) AppendHistogram(_ storage.SeriesRef, _ labels.Labels, _ int64, _ *histogram.Histogram, _ *histogram.FloatHistogram) (storage.SeriesRef, error) {
 	//TODO: implement this func
 	return 0, nil
 }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (t *transaction) Rollback() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (t *transaction) UpdateMetadata(ref storage.SeriesRef, l labels.Labels, m metadata.Metadata) (storage.SeriesRef, error) {
+func (t *transaction) UpdateMetadata(_ storage.SeriesRef, _ labels.Labels, _ metadata.Metadata) (storage.SeriesRef, error) {
 	//TODO: implement this func
 	return 0, nil
 }
diff --git a/receiver/purefareceiver/internal/scraper.go b/receiver/purefareceiver/internal/scraper.go
index dab35c01fa5d..7a63b1925db3 100644
--- a/receiver/purefareceiver/internal/scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/purefareceiver/internal/scraper.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type scraper struct {
 	labels         model.LabelSet
 }
 
-func NewScraper(ctx context.Context,
+func NewScraper(_ context.Context,
 	scraperType ScraperType,
 	endpoint string,
 	configs []ScraperConfig,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewScraper(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *scraper) ToPrometheusReceiverConfig(host component.Host, fact receiver.Factory) ([]*config.ScrapeConfig, error) {
+func (h *scraper) ToPrometheusReceiverConfig(host component.Host, _ receiver.Factory) ([]*config.ScrapeConfig, error) {
 	scrapeCfgs := []*config.ScrapeConfig{}
 
 	for _, arr := range h.configs {
diff --git a/receiver/purefbreceiver/internal/scraper.go b/receiver/purefbreceiver/internal/scraper.go
index 366dec3f031f..77a1391d4be4 100644
--- a/receiver/purefbreceiver/internal/scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/purefbreceiver/internal/scraper.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type scraper struct {
 	labels         model.LabelSet
 }
 
-func NewScraper(ctx context.Context,
+func NewScraper(_ context.Context,
 	scraperType ScraperType,
 	endpoint string,
 	configs []ScraperConfig,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewScraper(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *scraper) ToPrometheusReceiverConfig(host component.Host, fact receiver.Factory) ([]*config.ScrapeConfig, error) {
+func (h *scraper) ToPrometheusReceiverConfig(host component.Host, _ receiver.Factory) ([]*config.ScrapeConfig, error) {
 	scrapeCfgs := []*config.ScrapeConfig{}
 
 	for _, arr := range h.configs {
diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/factory.go b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/factory.go
index c9f7e8376c8a..0de7598a95bd 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/factory.go
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/factory.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 	}
 }
 
-func createMetricsReceiver(ctx context.Context, params receiver.CreateSettings, rConf component.Config, consumer consumer.Metrics) (receiver.Metrics, error) {
+func createMetricsReceiver(_ context.Context, params receiver.CreateSettings, rConf component.Config, consumer consumer.Metrics) (receiver.Metrics, error) {
 	cfg, ok := rConf.(*Config)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errConfigNotRabbit
diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/scraper.go b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/scraper.go
index 7a4e69c9dbba..e0489092147f 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/scraper.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func newScraper(logger *zap.Logger, cfg *Config, settings receiver.CreateSetting
 }
 
 // start starts the scraper by creating a new HTTP Client on the scraper
-func (r *rabbitmqScraper) start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) (err error) {
+func (r *rabbitmqScraper) start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) (err error) {
 	r.client, err = newClient(r.cfg, host, r.settings, r.logger)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/factory_others.go b/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/factory_others.go
index ac2dca7e62f2..7a0563fa13f4 100644
--- a/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/factory_others.go
+++ b/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/factory_others.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import (
 
 // createMetricsReceiver creates a metrics receiver based on provided config.
 func createMetricsReceiver(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params receiver.CreateSettings,
-	cfg component.Config,
-	consumer consumer.Metrics,
+	_ context.Context,
+	_ receiver.CreateSettings,
+	_ component.Config,
+	_ consumer.Metrics,
 ) (receiver.Metrics, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("the sqlserver receiver is only supported on Windows")
 }
diff --git a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/receiver_others.go b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/receiver_others.go
index 55e3bb0ab8d1..875682823ce9 100644
--- a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/receiver_others.go
+++ b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/receiver_others.go
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 
 func createLogsReceiver(
 	_ context.Context,
-	params receiver.CreateSettings,
-	cfg component.Config,
-	consumer consumer.Logs,
+	_ receiver.CreateSettings,
+	_ component.Config,
+	_ consumer.Logs,
 ) (receiver.Logs, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("windows eventlog receiver is only supported on Windows")
 }
diff --git a/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/factory_others.go b/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/factory_others.go
index 0476a9c24482..4bf8074e3158 100644
--- a/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/factory_others.go
+++ b/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/factory_others.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import (
 
 // createMetricsReceiver creates a metrics receiver based on provided config.
 func createMetricsReceiver(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	params receiver.CreateSettings,
-	cfg component.Config,
-	consumer consumer.Metrics,
+	_ context.Context,
+	_ receiver.CreateSettings,
+	_ component.Config,
+	_ consumer.Metrics,
 ) (receiver.Metrics, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("the windows perf counters receiver is only supported on Windows")
 }