diff --git a/api/builtins/AnnotationsTransformer.go b/api/builtins/AnnotationsTransformer.go
index dd6b3922a..ebb433163 100644
--- a/api/builtins/AnnotationsTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/AnnotationsTransformer.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type AnnotationsTransformerPlugin struct {
 }
 
 func (p *AnnotationsTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Annotations = nil
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
diff --git a/api/builtins/HashTransformer.go b/api/builtins/HashTransformer.go
index 8de0d94bd..135c6e18e 100644
--- a/api/builtins/HashTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/HashTransformer.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type HashTransformerPlugin struct {
 }
 
 func (p *HashTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, config []byte) (err error) {
+	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, _ []byte) (err error) {
 	p.hasher = h.ResmapFactory().RF().Hasher()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/api/builtins/ImageTagTransformer.go b/api/builtins/ImageTagTransformer.go
index 051d05521..0ce7bd797 100644
--- a/api/builtins/ImageTagTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/ImageTagTransformer.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type ImageTagTransformerPlugin struct {
 }
 
 func (p *ImageTagTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.ImageTag = types.Image{}
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
diff --git a/api/builtins/LabelTransformer.go b/api/builtins/LabelTransformer.go
index 200fac1b7..88df34561 100644
--- a/api/builtins/LabelTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/LabelTransformer.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type LabelTransformerPlugin struct {
 }
 
 func (p *LabelTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Labels = nil
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
diff --git a/api/builtins/LegacyOrderTransformer.go b/api/builtins/LegacyOrderTransformer.go
index 9612bf5df..322cea93a 100644
--- a/api/builtins/LegacyOrderTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/LegacyOrderTransformer.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type LegacyOrderTransformerPlugin struct{}
 
 // Nothing needed for configuration.
 func (p *LegacyOrderTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, _ []byte) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/api/builtins/NamespaceTransformer.go b/api/builtins/NamespaceTransformer.go
index 792a0d999..9bfa3eca8 100644
--- a/api/builtins/NamespaceTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/NamespaceTransformer.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type NamespaceTransformerPlugin struct {
 }
 
 func (p *NamespaceTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Namespace = ""
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (p *NamespaceTransformerPlugin) applicableFieldSpecs(id resid.ResId) []type
 }
 
 func (p *NamespaceTransformerPlugin) changeNamespace(
-	referrer *resource.Resource) func(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	_ *resource.Resource) func(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	return func(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 		switch in.(type) {
 		case string:
diff --git a/api/builtins/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go b/api/builtins/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go
index 50ebf5e63..15bb83ce4 100644
--- a/api/builtins/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var prefixSuffixFieldSpecsToSkip = []types.FieldSpec{
 }
 
 func (p *PrefixSuffixTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Prefix = ""
 	p.Suffix = ""
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
diff --git a/api/builtins/ReplicaCountTransformer.go b/api/builtins/ReplicaCountTransformer.go
index 86b1c139c..ad314a5c6 100644
--- a/api/builtins/ReplicaCountTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/ReplicaCountTransformer.go
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ type ReplicaCountTransformerPlugin struct {
 }
 
 func (p *ReplicaCountTransformerPlugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
-
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Replica = types.Replica{}
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go
index 4212d9f19..c8f01be0a 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func main() {
 				_, err := idx.Put("", d)
 				return err
 			default:
-				return fmt.Errorf("Type %T not supported", d)
+				return fmt.Errorf("type %T not supported", d)
 			}
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/crawler_test.go b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/crawler_test.go
index d2920e08a..576ba302f 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/crawler_test.go
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/crawler_test.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/konfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/crawl/doc"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/konfig"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (c testCrawler) Match(d *doc.Document) bool {
 	return d != nil && strings.HasPrefix(d.ID(), c.matchPrefix)
 }
 
-func (c testCrawler) FetchDocument(ctx context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
+func (c testCrawler) FetchDocument(_ context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
 	if i, ok := c.lukp[d.ID()]; ok {
 		d.DocumentData = c.docs[i].DocumentData
 		return nil
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (c testCrawler) FetchDocument(ctx context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
 		d, c.matchPrefix)
 }
 
-func (c testCrawler) SetCreated(ctx context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
+func (c testCrawler) SetCreated(_ context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
 	d.CreationTime = &time.Time{}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func newCrawler(matchPrefix string, err error,
 }
 
 // Crawl implements the Crawler interface for testing.
-func (c testCrawler) Crawl(ctx context.Context,
+func (c testCrawler) Crawl(_ context.Context,
 	output chan<- CrawledDocument) error {
 
 	for i, d := range c.docs {
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/crawler.go b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/crawler.go
index fa26d1404..3bea81f57 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/crawler.go
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/crawler.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (gc githubCrawler) Crawl(
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (gc githubCrawler) FetchDocument(ctx context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
+func (gc githubCrawler) FetchDocument(_ context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
 	repoURL := d.RepositoryURL + "/" + d.FilePath + "?ref=" + d.DefaultBranch
 	repoSpec, err := git.NewRepoSpecFromUrl(repoURL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (gc githubCrawler) FetchDocument(ctx context.Context, d *doc.Document) erro
 	return fmt.Errorf("file not found: %s, error: %v", url, err)
 }
 
-func (gc githubCrawler) SetCreated(ctx context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
+func (gc githubCrawler) SetCreated(_ context.Context, d *doc.Document) error {
 	fs := GhFileSpec{}
 	fs.Repository.FullName = d.RepositoryURL + "/" + d.FilePath
 	creationTime, err := gc.client.GetFileCreationTime(fs)
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries.go b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries.go
index 4c41b0fa8..7aa4e1531 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries.go
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	perPageArg     = "per_page"
-	accessTokenArg = "access_token"
 )
 
 const githubMaxPageSize = 100
@@ -101,12 +100,6 @@ type RequestConfig struct {
 	perPage uint64
 }
 
-func NewRequestConfig(perPage uint64) RequestConfig {
-	return RequestConfig{
-		perPage: perPage,
-	}
-}
-
 // CodeSearchRequestWith given a list of query parameters that specify the
 // (patial) query, returns a request object with the (parital) query. Must call
 // the URL method to get the string value of the URL. See request.CopyWith, to
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries_test.go b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries_test.go
index db8fe571c..217ee79e8 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries_test.go
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/crawler/github/queries_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ func TestQueryType(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGithubSearchQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	const (
-		accessToken = "random_token"
 		perPage     = 100
 	)
 
diff --git a/api/testutils/kusttest/harness.go b/api/testutils/kusttest/harness.go
index 4730bb35b..3fd19305a 100644
--- a/api/testutils/kusttest/harness.go
+++ b/api/testutils/kusttest/harness.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (th Harness) MakeOptionsPluginsEnabled() krusty.Options {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unable to find plugin root") {
 			th.t.Log(
 				"Tests that want to run with plugins enabled must be " +
-				"bookended by calls to MakeEnhancedHarness(), Reset().")
+					"bookended by calls to MakeEnhancedHarness(), Reset().")
 		}
 		th.t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/api/testutils/resmaptest/rmbuilder.go b/api/testutils/resmaptest/rmbuilder.go
index dfb231ebd..7c88f1c3c 100644
--- a/api/testutils/resmaptest/rmbuilder.go
+++ b/api/testutils/resmaptest/rmbuilder.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package resmaptest_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resid"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource"
 )
@@ -38,14 +37,6 @@ func (rm *rmBuilder) AddR(r *resource.Resource) *rmBuilder {
 	return rm
 }
 
-func (rm *rmBuilder) AddWithId(id resid.ResId, m map[string]interface{}) *rmBuilder {
-	err := rm.m.Append(rm.rf.FromMap(m))
-	if err != nil {
-		rm.t.Fatalf("test setup failure: %v", err)
-	}
-	return rm
-}
-
 func (rm *rmBuilder) AddWithName(n string, m map[string]interface{}) *rmBuilder {
 	err := rm.m.Append(rm.rf.FromMapWithName(n, m))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/api/testutils/valtest/fakevalidator.go b/api/testutils/valtest/fakevalidator.go
index 2cd459fcc..7e7daadfa 100644
--- a/api/testutils/valtest/fakevalidator.go
+++ b/api/testutils/valtest/fakevalidator.go
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ func MakeFakeValidator() *fakeValidator {
 }
 
 // ErrIfInvalidKey returns nil
-func (v *fakeValidator) ErrIfInvalidKey(k string) error {
+func (v *fakeValidator) ErrIfInvalidKey(_ string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 // IsEnvVarName returns nil
-func (v *fakeValidator) IsEnvVarName(k string) error {
+func (v *fakeValidator) IsEnvVarName(_ string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/api/transform/mutatefield_test.go b/api/transform/mutatefield_test.go
index 7204f34a9..8fdafc68c 100644
--- a/api/transform/mutatefield_test.go
+++ b/api/transform/mutatefield_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var errExpected = fmt.Errorf("oops")
 const originalValue = "tomato"
 const newValue = "notThe" + originalValue
 
-func (m *noopMutator) mutate(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+func (m *noopMutator) mutate(_ interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	m.wasCalled = true
 	return newValue, m.errorToReturn
 }
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addbase.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addbase.go
index 65f2a5f4e..096d90ee9 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addbase.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addbase.go
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ func newCmdAddBase(fSys filesys.FileSystem) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = o.Complete(cmd, args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 			return o.RunAddBase(fSys)
 		},
 	}
@@ -50,11 +46,6 @@ func (o *addBaseOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Complete completes addBase command.
-func (o *addBaseOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RunAddBase runs addBase command (do real work).
 func (o *addBaseOptions) RunAddBase(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 	mf, err := kustfile.NewKustomizationFile(fSys)
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go
index c72f225c0..5a53df6e9 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ func newCmdAddPatch(fSys filesys.FileSystem) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = o.Complete(cmd, args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 			return o.RunAddPatch(fSys)
 		},
 	}
@@ -51,11 +47,6 @@ func (o *addPatchOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Complete completes addPatch command.
-func (o *addPatchOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RunAddPatch runs addPatch command (do real work).
 func (o *addPatchOptions) RunAddPatch(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 	patches, err := util.GlobPatterns(fSys, o.patchFilePaths)
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
index a47d3a572..7f05a6421 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ func newCmdAddResource(fSys filesys.FileSystem) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = o.Complete(cmd, args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 			return o.RunAddResource(fSys)
 		},
 	}
@@ -50,11 +46,6 @@ func (o *addResourceOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Complete completes addResource command.
-func (o *addResourceOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RunAddResource runs addResource command (do real work).
 func (o *addResourceOptions) RunAddResource(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 	resources, err := util.GlobPatterns(fSys, o.resourceFilePaths)
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
index 012f7f911..e1e0762fe 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ func newCmdRemovePatch(fSys filesys.FileSystem) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = o.Complete(cmd, args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 			return o.RunRemovePatch(fSys)
 		},
 	}
@@ -53,11 +49,6 @@ func (o *removePatchOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Complete completes removePatch command.
-func (o *removePatchOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RunRemovePatch runs removePatch command (do real work).
 func (o *removePatchOptions) RunRemovePatch(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 	patches, err := util.GlobPatterns(fSys, o.patchFilePaths)
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removeresource.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removeresource.go
index 5f02f62da..178de5bd4 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removeresource.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removeresource.go
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ func newCmdRemoveResource(fSys filesys.FileSystem) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = o.Complete(cmd, args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 			return o.RunRemoveResource(fSys)
 		},
 	}
@@ -54,11 +50,6 @@ func (o *removeResourceOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Complete completes removeResource command.
-func (o *removeResourceOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RunRemoveResource runs Resource command (do real work).
 func (o *removeResourceOptions) RunRemoveResource(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_prefix.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_prefix.go
index b8aadb688..3601db912 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_prefix.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_prefix.go
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ and overwrite the value with "acme-" if the field does exist.
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = o.Complete(cmd, args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 			return o.RunSetNamePrefix(fSys)
 		},
 	}
@@ -53,11 +49,6 @@ func (o *setNamePrefixOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Complete completes setNamePrefix command.
-func (o *setNamePrefixOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RunSetNamePrefix runs setNamePrefix command (does real work).
 func (o *setNamePrefixOptions) RunSetNamePrefix(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 	mf, err := kustfile.NewKustomizationFile(fSys)
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_suffix.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_suffix.go
index ec6d4a230..a6ce4548f 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_suffix.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/set/set_name_suffix.go
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ and overwrite the value with "-acme" if the field does exist.
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = o.Complete(cmd, args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 			return o.RunSetNameSuffix(fSys)
 		},
 	}
@@ -53,11 +49,6 @@ func (o *setNameSuffixOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Complete completes setNameSuffix command.
-func (o *setNameSuffixOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RunSetNameSuffix runs setNameSuffix command (does real work).
 func (o *setNameSuffixOptions) RunSetNameSuffix(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
 	mf, err := kustfile.NewKustomizationFile(fSys)
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/version/version.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/version/version.go
index d0f5384cf..dac2aa827 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/version/version.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/version/version.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ func NewCmdVersion(w io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		Example: `kustomize version`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if short {
-				fmt.Println(provenance.GetProvenance().Short())
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, provenance.GetProvenance().Short())
 			} else {
-				fmt.Println(provenance.GetProvenance().Full())
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, provenance.GetProvenance().Full())
 			}
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer.go
index 70f504dbe..1f0c6d095 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/AnnotationsTransformer.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 var KustomizePlugin plugin
 
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Annotations = nil
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/HashTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/HashTransformer.go
index 6a592a1cc..eb7b6618b 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/HashTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/HashTransformer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 var KustomizePlugin plugin
 
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, config []byte) (err error) {
+	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, _ []byte) (err error) {
 	p.hasher = h.ResmapFactory().RF().Hasher()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/ImageTagTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/ImageTagTransformer.go
index ccf2482a6..2b1b347b6 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/ImageTagTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/ImageTagTransformer.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 var KustomizePlugin plugin
 
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.ImageTag = types.Image{}
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/LabelTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/LabelTransformer.go
index 506c5b4af..df852c497 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/LabelTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/LabelTransformer.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 var KustomizePlugin plugin
 
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Labels = nil
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/LegacyOrderTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/LegacyOrderTransformer.go
index d7d141f87..ea7b8cbbc 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/LegacyOrderTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/LegacyOrderTransformer.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var KustomizePlugin plugin
 
 // Nothing needed for configuration.
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, _ []byte) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/NamespaceTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/NamespaceTransformer.go
index b0a645d60..b8e33f9d1 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/NamespaceTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/NamespaceTransformer.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 var KustomizePlugin plugin
 
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Namespace = ""
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (p *plugin) applicableFieldSpecs(id resid.ResId) []types.FieldSpec {
 }
 
 func (p *plugin) changeNamespace(
-	referrer *resource.Resource) func(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	_ *resource.Resource) func(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	return func(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 		switch in.(type) {
 		case string:
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go
index cb3a360e2..4d457d4ed 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/prefixsuffixtransformer/PrefixSuffixTransformer.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var prefixSuffixFieldSpecsToSkip = []types.FieldSpec{
 }
 
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Prefix = ""
 	p.Suffix = ""
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/ReplicaCountTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/ReplicaCountTransformer.go
index b496e6656..208a996ea 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/ReplicaCountTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/ReplicaCountTransformer.go
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 var KustomizePlugin plugin
 
 func (p *plugin) Config(
-	h *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
-
+	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) (err error) {
 	p.Replica = types.Replica{}
 	p.FieldSpecs = nil
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)