diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 4ef3cf855f5..99abea7bc69 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 cluster/images/etcd/migrate
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/apitesting/roundtrip
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation
-vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy
-vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net
-vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets/types
-vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch
-vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/dynamiccertificates
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go
index 4cb1cfadcb0..b8e329571ee 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy/roundtripper.go
@@ -183,8 +183,11 @@ func (s *SpdyRoundTripper) dial(req *http.Request) (net.Conn, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 ignore deprecated httputil.NewProxyClientConn
 	proxyClientConn := httputil.NewProxyClientConn(proxyDialConn, nil)
 	_, err = proxyClientConn.Do(&proxyReq)
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 ignore deprecated httputil.ErrPersistEOF: it might be
+	// returned from the invocation of proxyClientConn.Do
 	if err != nil && err != httputil.ErrPersistEOF {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go
index ce69b8054b5..d75ac6efa2d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func SetOldTransportDefaults(t *http.Transport) *http.Transport {
 		t.Proxy = NewProxierWithNoProxyCIDR(http.ProxyFromEnvironment)
 	}
 	// If no custom dialer is set, use the default context dialer
+	//lint:file-ignore SA1019 Keep supporting deprecated Dial method of custom transports
 	if t.DialContext == nil && t.Dial == nil {
 		t.DialContext = defaultTransport.DialContext
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets/types/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets/types/types.go
index 4cb853aa0c9..2218dbc46fe 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets/types/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets/types/types.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package types
 
 //go:generate set-gen -i k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets/types
+//lint:file-ignore U1000 Ignore unused fields
 
 type ReferenceSetTypes struct {
 	// These types all cause files to be generated.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch/patch.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch/patch.go
index 600f3befd2e..fd2081a28d5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch/patch.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch/patch.go
@@ -987,10 +987,10 @@ func validatePatchWithSetOrderList(patchList, setOrderList interface{}, mergeKey
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	var nonDeleteList, toDeleteList []interface{}
+	var nonDeleteList []interface{}
 	var err error
 	if len(mergeKey) > 0 {
-		nonDeleteList, toDeleteList, err = extractToDeleteItems(typedPatchList)
+		nonDeleteList, _, err = extractToDeleteItems(typedPatchList)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ func validatePatchWithSetOrderList(patchList, setOrderList interface{}, mergeKey
 	if patchIndex < len(nonDeleteList) && setOrderIndex >= len(typedSetOrderList) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("The order in patch list:\n%v\n doesn't match %s list:\n%v\n", typedPatchList, setElementOrderDirectivePrefix, setOrderList)
 	}
-	typedPatchList = append(nonDeleteList, toDeleteList...)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go
index 1729736467c..dbd3dfbda39 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ func TestPollImmediateError(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPollForever(t *testing.T) {
 	ch := make(chan struct{})
+	errc := make(chan error, 1)
 	done := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	complete := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ func TestPollForever(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 
 		if err := PollInfinite(time.Microsecond, f); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
+			errc <- fmt.Errorf("unexpected error %v", err)
 		}
 
 		close(ch)
@@ -451,7 +452,10 @@ func TestPollForever(t *testing.T) {
 		select {
 		case _, open := <-ch:
 			if !open {
-				t.Fatalf("did not expect channel to be closed")
+				if len(errc) != 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("did not expect channel to be closed, %v", <-errc)
+				}
+				t.Fatal("did not expect channel to be closed")
 			}
 		case <-time.After(ForeverTestTimeout):
 			t.Fatalf("channel did not return at least once within the poll interval")
@@ -467,9 +471,13 @@ func TestPollForever(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		t.Fatalf("expected closed channel after two iterations")
+		t.Error("expected closed channel after two iterations")
 	}()
 	<-complete
+
+	if len(errc) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal(<-errc)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestWaitFor(t *testing.T) {