diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ea75ad10819e..6e891a7a5267 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.1
 
 require (
 	4d63.com/gocheckcompilerdirectives v1.2.1
-	4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.2.1
+	4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.2.2
 	github.com/4meepo/tagalign v1.4.1
 	github.com/Abirdcfly/dupword v0.1.3
 	github.com/Antonboom/errname v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f6cf53b23a8e..e6b73aba4a1a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 4d63.com/gocheckcompilerdirectives v1.2.1 h1:AHcMYuw56NPjq/2y615IGg2kYkBdTvOaojYCBcRE7MA=
 4d63.com/gocheckcompilerdirectives v1.2.1/go.mod h1:yjDJSxmDTtIHHCqX0ufRYZDL6vQtMG7tJdKVeWwsqvs=
-4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.2.1 h1:1eiorGsgHOFOuoOiJDy2psSrQbRdIHrlge0IJIkUgDc=
-4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.2.1/go.mod h1:KRE8wtJB3CXCsb1xy421JfTHIIbmT3U5ruxw2Qu8fSU=
+4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.2.2 h1:H1vdnwnMaZdQW/N+NrkT1SZMTBmcwHe9Vq8lJcYYTtU=
+4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.2.2/go.mod h1:lLxwTQjL5eIesRbvnzIP3jZtG140FnTdz+AlMa+ogt0=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.38.0/go.mod h1:990N+gfupTy94rShfmMCWGDn0LpTmnzTp2qbd1dvSRU=
@@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qx
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211015210444-4f30a5c0130f/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.2.0/go.mod h1:KqCZLdyyvdV855qA2rE3GC2aiw5xGR5TEjj8smXukLY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
@@ -789,7 +788,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -801,7 +799,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
-golang.org/x/term v0.4.0/go.mod h1:9P2UbLfCdcvo3p/nzKvsmas4TnlujnuoV9hGgYzW1lQ=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.6.0/go.mod h1:m6U89DPEgQRMq3DNkDClhWw02AUbt2daBVO4cn4Hv9U=
 golang.org/x/term v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xPskH00ivmX89bAKVGSKKtLOWNx2+17Eiy94tnKShWo=
@@ -815,7 +812,6 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.4.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.6.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
@@ -878,7 +874,6 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.10/go.mod h1:Uh6Zz+xoGYZom868N8YTex3t7RhtHDBrE8Gzo9bV56E=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.3.0/go.mod h1:/rWhSS2+zyEVwoJf8YAX6L2f0ntZ7Kn/mGgAWcipA5k=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.5.0/go.mod h1:N+Kgy78s5I24c24dU8OfWNEotWjutIs8SnJvn5IDq+k=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0/go.mod h1:4pg6aUX35JBAogB10C9AtvVL+qowtN4pT3CGSQex14s=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:HvlwmtVNQAhOuCjW7xxvovg8wbNq7LwfXh/k7wXUl58=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gochecknoglobals/gochecknoglobals.go b/pkg/golinters/gochecknoglobals/gochecknoglobals.go
index af22b2f8e964..e893dfcbb69e 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gochecknoglobals/gochecknoglobals.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gochecknoglobals/gochecknoglobals.go
@@ -10,17 +10,10 @@ import (
 func New() *goanalysis.Linter {
 	a := checknoglobals.Analyzer()
 
-	// gochecknoglobals only lints test files if the `-t` flag is passed,
-	// so we pass the `t` flag as true to the analyzer before running it.
-	// This can be turned off by using the regular golangci-lint flags such as `--tests` or `--exclude-files`.
-	linterConfig := map[string]map[string]any{
-		a.Name: {"t": true},
-	}
-
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		a.Name,
 		"Check that no global variables exist.",
 		[]*analysis.Analyzer{a},
-		linterConfig,
+		nil,
 	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
 }