diff --git a/config/example_config_test.go b/config/example_config_test.go
index a4714464..48a040d3 100644
--- a/config/example_config_test.go
+++ b/config/example_config_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 package config_test
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ import (
 func getExampleConfigs() (map[string][]byte, error) {
 	examplesPath := "../docs/examples"
 
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(examplesPath)
-
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(examplesPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -62,14 +60,13 @@ func getExampleConfigs() (map[string][]byte, error) {
 	return bytes, nil
 }
 
-func readFileAndParseConfig(path string, info os.FileInfo) ([]byte, error) {
+func readFileAndParseConfig(path string, info os.DirEntry) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Assuming we can parse all .json files in the example config directory
 	if filepath.Ext(info.Name()) != ".json" {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(path, info.Name()))
-
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(path, info.Name()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -79,7 +76,6 @@ func readFileAndParseConfig(path string, info os.FileInfo) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func TestExampleConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	bytebytes, err := getExampleConfigs()
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read configuration files, %s", err)
 	}
@@ -91,7 +87,6 @@ func TestExampleConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		// If the test passes it gets suppressed.
 		logrus.Debugf("Parsing %s", filename)
 		conf, err := config.Bytes(bytes)
-
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failed to parse config in %s %s", filename, err)
 			return
diff --git a/config/parse.go b/config/parse.go
index 49695cb2..07eebcb0 100644
--- a/config/parse.go
+++ b/config/parse.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ package config
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -420,7 +419,7 @@ func Path(path string) (*Config, error) {
 // File opens a config file and parses it, then returns the valid
 // configuration, using Bytes()
 func File(f string) (*Config, error) {
-	dat, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
+	dat, err := os.ReadFile(f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read configuration file: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -457,8 +456,7 @@ func ReadFiles(p string) (*Config, error) {
 
 	for _, f := range files {
 		confLog.WithField("file", f).Debug("Reading file")
-		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
-
+		b, err := os.ReadFile(f)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/encoder/json_test.go b/encoder/json_test.go
index 9065f5c8..0a337d32 100644
--- a/encoder/json_test.go
+++ b/encoder/json_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 package encoder_test
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/telenornms/skogul"
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ func testJSON(t *testing.T, file string, match bool) {
 
 func parseJSON(t *testing.T, file string) (*skogul.Container, []byte) {
 	t.Helper()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
-
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Logf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		t.FailNow()
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index 43c3ab43..61779690 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 package skogul
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var skogulLogger = logrus.New()
 func ConfigureLogger(requestedLoglevel string, logtimestamp bool, logFormat string) {
 	// Disable output from the root logger; all logging is delegated through hooks
 	logrus.SetLevel(logrus.TraceLevel)
-	logrus.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
+	logrus.SetOutput(io.Discard)
 
 	loglevel := GetLogLevelFromString(requestedLoglevel)
 	skogulLogger.SetLevel(loglevel)
diff --git a/parser/influxdb_test.go b/parser/influxdb_test.go
index 626fcb41..4d22e96a 100644
--- a/parser/influxdb_test.go
+++ b/parser/influxdb_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package parser_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ func TestInfluxDBLineParseWithoutTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestInfluxDBParseFile(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/influxdb.txt")
-
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/influxdb.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -259,8 +258,7 @@ func TestInfluxDBParseTelegrafCmdLine(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestInfluxDBParseTelegrafCmdLines(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/influxdb_procstat.txt")
-
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/influxdb_procstat.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -323,9 +321,9 @@ func TestInfluxDBParseDoubleBackslashEscape(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected parsed tag to equal %s, got %s", name, _container.Metrics[0].Metadata["name"])
 	}
 }
-func TestInfluxDBParseTelegrafSystemdUnitLines(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/influxdb_systemd_units.txt")
 
+func TestInfluxDBParseTelegrafSystemdUnitLines(t *testing.T) {
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/influxdb_systemd_units.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		return
diff --git a/parser/json_test.go b/parser/json_test.go
index 11fb757e..d18ee794 100644
--- a/parser/json_test.go
+++ b/parser/json_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 package parser_test
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/telenornms/skogul/parser"
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ func BenchmarkSkogulJSONParse(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func TestJSONParse(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/raw.json")
-
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/raw.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -72,8 +71,7 @@ func TestJSONParse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJSONArrayParse(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/raw_array.json")
-
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/raw_array.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		return
diff --git a/parser/mnr_test.go b/parser/mnr_test.go
index a4b828ab..85b35e3c 100644
--- a/parser/mnr_test.go
+++ b/parser/mnr_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 package parser_test
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func TestMNRExtractValues(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMNROnDataset(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/mnr.txt")
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/mnr.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		return
diff --git a/parser/structured_data_test.go b/parser/structured_data_test.go
index 55ae1937..e9676870 100644
--- a/parser/structured_data_test.go
+++ b/parser/structured_data_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package parser_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/telenornms/skogul/parser"
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func TestStructuredDataParseNoContentResultsInOneMetric(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStructuredDataOnDataset(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/structured_data.txt")
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/structured_data.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to read test data file: %v", err)
 		return
diff --git a/receiver/http.go b/receiver/http.go
index 3fc8c835..7263fa97 100644
--- a/receiver/http.go
+++ b/receiver/http.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
@@ -170,13 +170,15 @@ func (rcvr receiver) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			"code":          code,
 			"remoteAddress": r.RemoteAddr,
 			"requestUri":    r.RequestURI,
-			"ContentLength": r.ContentLength}).WithError(err).Warnf("HTTP request failed")
+			"ContentLength": r.ContentLength,
+		}).WithError(err).Warnf("HTTP request failed")
 	} else if rcvr.settings.Log204OK {
 		httpLog.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"code":          code,
 			"remoteAddress": r.RemoteAddr,
 			"requestUri":    r.RequestURI,
-			"ContentLength": r.ContentLength}).Infof("HTTP request ok")
+			"ContentLength": r.ContentLength,
+		}).Infof("HTTP request ok")
 	}
 	answer(w, r, code, err)
 }
@@ -193,7 +195,8 @@ func (f fallback) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		"code":          code,
 		"remoteAddress": r.RemoteAddr,
 		"requestUri":    r.RequestURI,
-		"ContentLength": r.ContentLength}).WithError(err).Warnf("HTTP request failed%s", extra)
+		"ContentLength": r.ContentLength,
+	}).WithError(err).Warnf("HTTP request failed%s", extra)
 	if f.hasAuth {
 		code = 401
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Invalid credentials")
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ func loadClientCertificateCAs(paths []string) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
 	httpLog.Debugf("Loading Client Certificates from %d file(s)", len(paths))
 	pool := x509.NewCertPool()
 	for _, path := range paths {
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read certificate file: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/sender/snmp_test.go b/sender/snmp_test.go
index e9bf51e0..e35b36dc 100644
--- a/sender/snmp_test.go
+++ b/sender/snmp_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package sender_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestSnmpSenderTest(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func loadJsonFile(t *testing.T, file string) (*skogul.Container, []byte) {
-	b, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	b, _ := os.ReadFile(file)
 
 	container, _ := parser.SkogulJSON{}.Parse(b)
 
diff --git a/transformer/timestamp_test.go b/transformer/timestamp_test.go
index 4ed6b352..d5da528b 100644
--- a/transformer/timestamp_test.go
+++ b/transformer/timestamp_test.go
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ package transformer_test
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"github.com/telenornms/skogul"
-	"github.com/telenornms/skogul/transformer"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/telenornms/skogul"
+	"github.com/telenornms/skogul/transformer"
 )
 
 func TestTimestampParse(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/data-with-timestamp.json")
-
+	b, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/data-with-timestamp.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Could not read json data file: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ func TestTimestampParse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var jsonData map[string]interface{}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &jsonData)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Could not parse JSON data: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ func TestTimestampParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	jsonTimestamp, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, jTimestamp)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to parse original timestamp from JSON file: %v (%s)", err, jTimestamp)
 		return