diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index f7e204b..75fd4ca 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ linters:
     - ineffassign
     # - ifshort
     - misspell
-    - prealloc
+    # - prealloc #  disable for now as it might be premature optimisation
     - revive
-    - rowserrcheck
-    - sqlclosecheck
     - unconvert
     - unparam
     - varcheck