diff --git a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
index 58b382f0b2c..14551c28b5f 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ issues:
       text: comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|exported (.+) should have comment( \(or a comment on this block\))? or be unexported|package comment should be of the form "(.+)...|comment on exported (.+) should be of the form "(.+)...|should have a package comment
       path-except: cmd/kubeadm
 
+    # The unused linter that comes from staticcheck currently does not handle types which implement
+    # a generic interface. The linter incorrectly reports the implementations of unexported
+    # interface methods as unused. See https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/issues/1294.
+    # Rather than exporting the interface methods, which makes the error go away but changes the
+    # semantics of the code, we ignore this error for affected files.
+    # This can be removed when the staticcheck implementation of this rule is fixed, which may
+    # depend on https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63982.
+    - linters:
+        - unused
+      path: staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/metrics.go
+
 linters:
   disable-all: false
   enable: # please keep this alphabetized
diff --git a/hack/golangci-strict.yaml b/hack/golangci-strict.yaml
index a079e8c449a..499c503a15a 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-strict.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-strict.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ issues:
       text: comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|exported (.+) should have comment( \(or a comment on this block\))? or be unexported|package comment should be of the form "(.+)...|comment on exported (.+) should be of the form "(.+)...|should have a package comment
       path-except: cmd/kubeadm
 
+    # The unused linter that comes from staticcheck currently does not handle types which implement
+    # a generic interface. The linter incorrectly reports the implementations of unexported
+    # interface methods as unused. See https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/issues/1294.
+    # Rather than exporting the interface methods, which makes the error go away but changes the
+    # semantics of the code, we ignore this error for affected files.
+    # This can be removed when the staticcheck implementation of this rule is fixed, which may
+    # depend on https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63982.
+    - linters:
+        - unused
+      path: staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/metrics.go
+
     # The following issues were deemed "might be worth fixing, needs to be
     # decided on a case-by-case basis".  This was initially decided by a
     # majority of the developers who voted in
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
index 9c3a960a8c1..f542613ae20 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ issues:
       text: comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|exported (.+) should have comment( \(or a comment on this block\))? or be unexported|package comment should be of the form "(.+)...|comment on exported (.+) should be of the form "(.+)...|should have a package comment
       path-except: cmd/kubeadm
 
+    # The unused linter that comes from staticcheck currently does not handle types which implement
+    # a generic interface. The linter incorrectly reports the implementations of unexported
+    # interface methods as unused. See https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/issues/1294.
+    # Rather than exporting the interface methods, which makes the error go away but changes the
+    # semantics of the code, we ignore this error for affected files.
+    # This can be removed when the staticcheck implementation of this rule is fixed, which may
+    # depend on https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63982.
+    - linters:
+        - unused
+      path: staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/metrics.go
+
     # The following issues were deemed "might be worth fixing, needs to be
     # decided on a case-by-case basis".  This was initially decided by a
     # majority of the developers who voted in
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml.in b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
index 2501fdf0831..df9d4b435ff 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml.in
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@ issues:
       text: comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form|exported (.+) should have comment( \(or a comment on this block\))? or be unexported|package comment should be of the form "(.+)...|comment on exported (.+) should be of the form "(.+)...|should have a package comment
       path-except: cmd/kubeadm
 
+    # The unused linter that comes from staticcheck currently does not handle types which implement
+    # a generic interface. The linter incorrectly reports the implementations of unexported
+    # interface methods as unused. See https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/issues/1294.
+    # Rather than exporting the interface methods, which makes the error go away but changes the
+    # semantics of the code, we ignore this error for affected files.
+    # This can be removed when the staticcheck implementation of this rule is fixed, which may
+    # depend on https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63982.
+    - linters:
+        - unused
+      path: staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/metrics.go
+
     {{- if not .Hints}}
 
     # The following issues were deemed "might be worth fixing, needs to be