From 775f75dcac598fddc6729b8271aa7f34e25fcada Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Farazdagi <simple.square@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:46:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: remove gometalinter refs (#16229)

**What type of PR is this?**

Refactor/Cleanup

**What does this PR do? Why is it needed?**

- [gometalinter](https://github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter) project is
deprecated (has been forever so)
- in #2100 it has been removed from the Prysm project
- while not being used `gometalinter` references still existed in Bazel
config. Since `gometalinter.json` was removed in PR-2100, the `bazel run
//:gometalinter` will err unless config file re-created, hence it
appears we have a dead code.

**Which issues(s) does this PR fix?**

No issue, simple cleanup

**Other notes for review**

**Acknowledgements**

- [x] I have read
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md).
- [x] I have included a uniquely named [changelog fragment
file](https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#maintaining-changelogmd).
- [x] I have added a description with sufficient context for reviewers
to understand this PR.
- [x] I have tested that my changes work as expected and I added a
testing plan to the PR description (if applicable).
---
 BUILD.bazel                                     | 10 ----------
 WORKSPACE                                       |  4 ----
 changelog/farazdagi_remove-gometalinter-refs.md |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog/farazdagi_remove-gometalinter-refs.md

diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 75a2795fa8..a5d4183b92 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 load("@bazel_gazelle//:def.bzl", "gazelle")
-load("@com_github_atlassian_bazel_tools//gometalinter:def.bzl", "gometalinter")
 load("@com_github_atlassian_bazel_tools//goimports:def.bzl", "goimports")
 load("@io_kubernetes_build//defs:run_in_workspace.bzl", "workspace_binary")
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "nogo")
@@ -55,15 +54,6 @@ alias(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
-gometalinter(
-    name = "gometalinter",
-    config = "//:.gometalinter.json",
-    paths = [
-        "./...",
-    ],
-    prefix = prefix,
-)
-
 goimports(
     name = "goimports",
     display_diffs = True,
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 85f51b8443..46039f97f1 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -423,10 +423,6 @@ load("@prysm//testing/endtoend:deps.bzl", "e2e_deps")
 
 e2e_deps()
 
-load("@com_github_atlassian_bazel_tools//gometalinter:deps.bzl", "gometalinter_dependencies")
-
-gometalinter_dependencies()
-
 load("@bazel_gazelle//:deps.bzl", "gazelle_dependencies")
 
 gazelle_dependencies(go_sdk = "go_sdk")
diff --git a/changelog/farazdagi_remove-gometalinter-refs.md b/changelog/farazdagi_remove-gometalinter-refs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acf9ed8f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/farazdagi_remove-gometalinter-refs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Ignored
+
+- Removed deprecated gometalinter references from Bazel configuration.