diff --git a/pkg/ip/link_linux_test.go b/pkg/ip/link_linux_test.go
index 1d1dfcea..009fab5d 100644
--- a/pkg/ip/link_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ip/link_linux_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Link", func() {
 	var (
 		hostNetNS         ns.NetNS
 		containerNetNS    ns.NetNS
-		ifaceCounter      int = 0
+		ifaceCounter      = 0
 		hostVeth          net.Interface
 		containerVeth     net.Interface
 		hostVethName      string
diff --git a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/lease.go b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/lease.go
index 2bdf401d..27d57d0c 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/lease.go
+++ b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/lease.go
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func checkLinkExistsWithBackoff(ctx context.Context, linkName string) (bool, err
 func checkLinkByName(linkName string) (bool, error) {
 	_, err := netlinksafe.LinkByName(linkName)
 	if err != nil {
-		var linkNotFoundErr *netlink.LinkNotFoundError = &netlink.LinkNotFoundError{}
+		linkNotFoundErr := &netlink.LinkNotFoundError{}
 		if errors.As(err, linkNotFoundErr) {
 			return false, nil
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/main/bridge/bridge.go b/plugins/main/bridge/bridge.go
index 056a6983..a8a10f7c 100644
--- a/plugins/main/bridge/bridge.go
+++ b/plugins/main/bridge/bridge.go
@@ -511,10 +511,7 @@ func calcGatewayIP(ipn *net.IPNet) net.IP {
 }
 
 func setupBridge(n *NetConf) (*netlink.Bridge, *current.Interface, error) {
-	vlanFiltering := false
-	if n.Vlan != 0 || n.VlanTrunk != nil {
-		vlanFiltering = true
-	}
+	vlanFiltering := n.Vlan != 0 || n.VlanTrunk != nil
 	// create bridge if necessary
 	br, err := ensureBridge(n.BrName, n.MTU, n.PromiscMode, vlanFiltering)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/main/bridge/bridge_test.go b/plugins/main/bridge/bridge_test.go
index 744f046d..50a4f15f 100644
--- a/plugins/main/bridge/bridge_test.go
+++ b/plugins/main/bridge/bridge_test.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func newResolvConf() (string, error) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	name := f.Name()
-	_, err = f.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("nameserver %s", NAMESERVER))
+	_, err = fmt.Fprintf(f, "nameserver %s", NAMESERVER)
 	return name, err
 }
 
@@ -1834,13 +1834,13 @@ var _ = Describe("bridge Operations", func() {
 	})
 
 	var (
-		correctID      int = 10
-		correctMinID   int = 100
-		correctMaxID   int = 105
-		incorrectMinID int = 1000
-		incorrectMaxID int = 100
-		overID         int = 5000
-		negativeID     int = -1
+		correctID      = 10
+		correctMinID   = 100
+		correctMaxID   = 105
+		incorrectMinID = 1000
+		incorrectMaxID = 100
+		overID         = 5000
+		negativeID     = -1
 	)
 
 	DescribeTable(
diff --git a/plugins/meta/firewall/firewall_iptables_test.go b/plugins/meta/firewall/firewall_iptables_test.go
index 8849b552..d2d9b618 100644
--- a/plugins/meta/firewall/firewall_iptables_test.go
+++ b/plugins/meta/firewall/firewall_iptables_test.go
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ import (
 func findChains(chains []string) (bool, bool) {
 	var foundAdmin, foundPriv bool
 	for _, ch := range chains {
-		if ch == "CNI-ADMIN" {
+		switch ch {
+		case "CNI-ADMIN":
 			foundAdmin = true
-		} else if ch == "CNI-FORWARD" {
+		case "CNI-FORWARD":
 			foundPriv = true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/meta/tuning/tuning_test.go b/plugins/meta/tuning/tuning_test.go
index ca643456..6bcbf20e 100644
--- a/plugins/meta/tuning/tuning_test.go
+++ b/plugins/meta/tuning/tuning_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func createSysctlAllowFile(sysctls []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, sysctl := range sysctls {
-		_, err = f.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", sysctl))
+		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(f, sysctl)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}