diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index 18cbde45b2f4..ddfc00cb4897 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -103,24 +103,6 @@ linters-settings:
     # should ignore tests (default false)
     skip-tests: false
 
-  errchkjson:
-    # with check-error-free-encoding set to true, errchkjson does warn about errors
-    # from json encoding functions that are safe to be ignored,
-    # because they are not possible to happen (default false)
-    #
-    # if check-error-free-encoding is set to true and errcheck linter is enabled,
-    # it is recommended to add the following exceptions to prevent from false positives:
-    #
-    #     linters-settings:
-    #       errcheck:
-    #         exclude-functions:
-    #           - encoding/json.Marshal
-    #           - encoding/json.MarshalIndent
-    #           - (*encoding/json.Encoder).Encode
-    check-error-free-encoding: false
-    # if report-no-exported is true, encoding a struct without exported fields is reported as issue (default false)
-    report-no-exported: false
-
   dogsled:
     # checks assignments with too many blank identifiers; default is 2
     max-blank-identifiers: 2
@@ -155,6 +137,24 @@ linters-settings:
       - io.Copy(*bytes.Buffer)
       - io.Copy(os.Stdout)
 
+  errchkjson:
+    # with check-error-free-encoding set to true, errchkjson does warn about errors
+    # from json encoding functions that are safe to be ignored,
+    # because they are not possible to happen (default false)
+    #
+    # if check-error-free-encoding is set to true and errcheck linter is enabled,
+    # it is recommended to add the following exceptions to prevent from false positives:
+    #
+    #     linters-settings:
+    #       errcheck:
+    #         exclude-functions:
+    #           - encoding/json.Marshal
+    #           - encoding/json.MarshalIndent
+    #           - (*encoding/json.Encoder).Encode
+    check-error-free-encoding: false
+    # if report-no-exported is true, encoding a struct without exported fields is reported as issue (default false)
+    report-no-exported: false
+
   errorlint:
     # Check whether fmt.Errorf uses the %w verb for formatting errors. See the readme for caveats
     errorf: true
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
index b380d3786176..b853f3ab6dfa 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 			WithURL("https://github.com/breml/bidichk"),
 		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewErrChkJSONFuncName(errchkjsonCfg)).
 			WithSince("1.44.0").
-			WithPresets(linter.PresetBugs, linter.PresetUnused).
+			WithPresets(linter.PresetBugs).
 			WithLoadForGoAnalysis().
 			WithURL("https://github.com/breml/errchkjson"),