diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go b/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
index 90b8525b66237..481e60a96a9c6 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (c *CiscoTelemetryMDT) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*CiscoTelemetryMDT) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*CiscoTelemetryMDT) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go b/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go
index 32ae76833c69d..d91c55f6683bf 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (ps *PubSub) Start(ac telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 // Gather does nothing for this service input.
-func (*PubSub) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*PubSub) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub_push/cloud_pubsub_push.go b/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub_push/cloud_pubsub_push.go
index cb32ea960b1a4..d446d04e991bc 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub_push/cloud_pubsub_push.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub_push/cloud_pubsub_push.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (p *PubSubPush) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*PubSubPush) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*PubSubPush) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
index efb3a78fc876a..602da9b460c5f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ func TestGather_MultipleNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 type mockSelectMetricsCloudWatchClient struct{}
 
 func (*mockSelectMetricsCloudWatchClient) ListMetrics(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ *cloudwatch.ListMetricsInput,
-	_ ...func(*cloudwatch.Options),
+	context.Context,
+	*cloudwatch.ListMetricsInput,
+	...func(*cloudwatch.Options),
 ) (*cloudwatch.ListMetricsOutput, error) {
 	metrics := make([]types.Metric, 0)
 	// 4 metrics are available
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ func (*mockSelectMetricsCloudWatchClient) ListMetrics(
 }
 
 func (*mockSelectMetricsCloudWatchClient) GetMetricData(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ *cloudwatch.GetMetricDataInput,
-	_ ...func(*cloudwatch.Options),
+	context.Context,
+	*cloudwatch.GetMetricDataInput,
+	...func(*cloudwatch.Options),
 ) (*cloudwatch.GetMetricDataOutput, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch_metric_streams/cloudwatch_metric_streams.go b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch_metric_streams/cloudwatch_metric_streams.go
index ef04914dca9f9..6e824f50634a1 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch_metric_streams/cloudwatch_metric_streams.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch_metric_streams/cloudwatch_metric_streams.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (cms *CloudWatchMetricStreams) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*CloudWatchMetricStreams) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*CloudWatchMetricStreams) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer.go b/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer.go
index f5c200269d1a4..b09cb4398b083 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (c *CtrlXDataLayer) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*CtrlXDataLayer) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*CtrlXDataLayer) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	// Metrics are sent to the accumulator asynchronously in worker thread. So nothing to do here.
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/dcos/creds.go b/plugins/inputs/dcos/creds.go
index 7161b61f8522d..8b195bc98ba94 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/dcos/creds.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/dcos/creds.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (*tokenCreds) isExpired() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (*nullCreds) token(_ context.Context, _ client) (string, error) {
+func (*nullCreds) token(context.Context, client) (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index e2ced038ce0a8..b8f51dbc29502 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) Init() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*Elasticsearch) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*Elasticsearch) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch_query/elasticsearch_query.go b/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch_query/elasticsearch_query.go
index a8c1445455b7f..525a9a061d9d7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch_query/elasticsearch_query.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch_query/elasticsearch_query.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (e *ElasticsearchQuery) Init() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*ElasticsearchQuery) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*ElasticsearchQuery) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/execd/shim/shim_test.go b/plugins/inputs/execd/shim/shim_test.go
index 75de4c66f7f09..e3124ea74b353 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/execd/shim/shim_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/execd/shim/shim_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (i *testInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*testInput) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*testInput) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (*serviceInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*serviceInput) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*serviceInput) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }