diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3b5384391d..ffb9b8e7b83 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include ./Makefile.Common
 
-# This is the code that we want to run checklicense, staticcheck, etc.
+# This is the code that we want to run lint, etc.
 ALL_SRC := $(shell find . -name '*.go' \
 							-not -path './cmd/issuegenerator/*' \
 							-not -path './cmd/mdatagen/*' \
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ install-tools:
 	cd $(TOOLS_MOD_DIR) && go install github.com/pavius/impi/cmd/impi
 	cd $(TOOLS_MOD_DIR) && go install github.com/tcnksm/ghr
 	cd $(TOOLS_MOD_DIR) && go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
-	cd $(TOOLS_MOD_DIR) && go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
 	cd cmd/mdatagen && go install ./
 
 .PHONY: otelcol
diff --git a/Makefile.Common b/Makefile.Common
index ae66699e9a4..ff4242213c2 100644
--- a/Makefile.Common
+++ b/Makefile.Common
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ GOTEST=go test
 ADDLICENCESE=addlicense
 MISSPELL=misspell -error
 MISSPELL_CORRECTION=misspell -w
-STATIC_CHECK=staticcheck
 LINT=golangci-lint
 IMPI=impi
 
@@ -61,19 +60,8 @@ fmt:
 	gofmt -w -s ./
 	goimports -w  -local go.opentelemetry.io/collector ./
 
-.PHONY: lint-static-check
-lint-static-check:
-	@STATIC_CHECK_OUT=`$(STATIC_CHECK) $(ALL_PKGS) 2>&1`; \
-		if [ "$$STATIC_CHECK_OUT" ]; then \
-			echo "$(STATIC_CHECK) FAILED => static check errors:\n"; \
-			echo "$$STATIC_CHECK_OUT\n"; \
-			exit 1; \
-		else \
-			echo "Static check finished successfully"; \
-		fi
-
 .PHONY: lint
-lint: lint-static-check
+lint:
 	$(LINT) run --allow-parallel-runners
 
 .PHONY: misspell
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index 9ebbc6716a7..8a389818cad 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/pavius/impi v0.0.3
 	github.com/tcnksm/ghr v0.13.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0
-	honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.6
 )
diff --git a/internal/tools/tools.go b/internal/tools/tools.go
index 3ef25767714..23ef3cc4d9f 100644
--- a/internal/tools/tools.go
+++ b/internal/tools/tools.go
@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/pavius/impi/cmd/impi"
 	_ "github.com/tcnksm/ghr"
 	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports"
-	_ "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"
 )