diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 785d0cc45..f37f6efcb 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var allRules = append([]lint.Rule{
 	&rule.ModifiesValRecRule{},
 	&rule.ConstantLogicalExprRule{},
 	&rule.BoolLiteralRule{},
+	&rule.ImportsBlacklistRule{},
 	&rule.ImportsBlocklistRule{},
 	&rule.FunctionResultsLimitRule{},
 	&rule.MaxPublicStructsRule{},
@@ -95,11 +96,6 @@ var allRules = append([]lint.Rule{
 	&rule.EnforceSliceStyleRule{},
 }, defaultRules...)
 
-var deprecatedRules = []lint.Rule{
-
-	&rule.ImportsBlacklistRule{},
-}
-
 var allFormatters = []lint.Formatter{
 	&formatter.Stylish{},
 	&formatter.Friendly{},
@@ -159,11 +155,6 @@ func parseConfig(path string, config *lint.Config) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse the config file: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	for _, r := range deprecatedRules {
-		delete(config.Rules, r.Name())
-	}
-
 	for k, r := range config.Rules {
 		err := r.Initialize()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/rule/imports-blacklist.go b/rule/imports-blacklist.go
index 9eae8658c..bb8262cae 100644
--- a/rule/imports-blacklist.go
+++ b/rule/imports-blacklist.go
@@ -1,25 +1,73 @@
 package rule
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/mgechev/revive/lint"
 )
 
-// Deprecated: use ImportsBlocklistRule instead 
+// ImportsBlacklistRule lints given else constructs.
 type ImportsBlacklistRule struct {
-	blocklist []*regexp.Regexp
+	blacklist []*regexp.Regexp
 	sync.Mutex
 }
 
+var replaceRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`/?\*\*/?`)
+
+func (r *ImportsBlacklistRule) configure(arguments lint.Arguments) {
+	r.Lock()
+	defer r.Unlock()
+
+	if r.blacklist == nil {
+		r.blacklist = make([]*regexp.Regexp, 0)
+
+		for _, arg := range arguments {
+			argStr, ok := arg.(string)
+			if !ok {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid argument to the imports-blacklist rule. Expecting a string, got %T", arg))
+			}
+			regStr, err := regexp.Compile(fmt.Sprintf(`(?m)"%s"$`, replaceRegexp.ReplaceAllString(argStr, `(\W|\w)*`)))
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid argument to the imports-blacklist rule. Expecting %q to be a valid regular expression, got: %v", argStr, err))
+			}
+			r.blacklist = append(r.blacklist, regStr)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *ImportsBlacklistRule) isBlacklisted(path string) bool {
+	for _, regex := range r.blacklist {
+		if regex.MatchString(path) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Apply applies the rule to given file.
 func (r *ImportsBlacklistRule) Apply(file *lint.File, arguments lint.Arguments) []lint.Failure {
+	r.configure(arguments)
 
 	var failures []lint.Failure
 
+	for _, is := range file.AST.Imports {
+		path := is.Path
+		if path != nil && r.isBlacklisted(path.Value) {
+			failures = append(failures, lint.Failure{
+				Confidence: 1,
+				Failure:    "should not use the following blacklisted import: " + path.Value,
+				Node:       is,
+				Category:   "imports",
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
 	return failures
 }
 
+// Name returns the rule name.
 func (*ImportsBlacklistRule) Name() string {
 	return "imports-blacklist"
 }
diff --git a/rule/imports-blocklist.go b/rule/imports-blocklist.go
index fc4a25d9c..431066403 100644
--- a/rule/imports-blocklist.go
+++ b/rule/imports-blocklist.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type ImportsBlocklistRule struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 }
 
-var replaceRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`/?\*\*/?`)
+var replaceImportRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`/?\*\*/?`)
 
 func (r *ImportsBlocklistRule) configure(arguments lint.Arguments) {
 	r.Lock()
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (r *ImportsBlocklistRule) configure(arguments lint.Arguments) {
 			if !ok {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid argument to the imports-blocklist rule. Expecting a string, got %T", arg))
 			}
-			regStr, err := regexp.Compile(fmt.Sprintf(`(?m)"%s"$`, replaceRegexp.ReplaceAllString(argStr, `(\W|\w)*`)))
+			regStr, err := regexp.Compile(fmt.Sprintf(`(?m)"%s"$`, replaceImportRegexp.ReplaceAllString(argStr, `(\W|\w)*`)))
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid argument to the imports-blocklist rule. Expecting %q to be a valid regular expression, got: %v", argStr, err))
 			}
diff --git a/rule/var-naming.go b/rule/var-naming.go
index 804316a2b..e91c22dc2 100644
--- a/rule/var-naming.go
+++ b/rule/var-naming.go
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ var upperCaseConstRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^_?[A-Z][A-Z\d]*(_[A-Z\d]+)*$`)
 
 // VarNamingRule lints given else constructs.
 type VarNamingRule struct {
-	configured     bool
-	allowlist      []string
-	blocklist      []string
-	upperCaseConst bool // if true - allows to use UPPER_SOME_NAMES for constants
+	configured            bool
+	allowlist             []string
+	blocklist             []string
+	upperCaseConst        bool // if true - allows to use UPPER_SOME_NAMES for constants
+	skipPackageNameChecks bool
 	sync.Mutex
 }