diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 82680200fe..049ed9c113 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ linters:
         - regexpSimplify
         - singleCaseSwitch
         - sloppyReassign
-        - stringsCompare
-        - stringConcatSimplify
         - stringXbytes
         - typeAssertChain
         - typeDefFirst
diff --git a/daemon/cluster/executor/container/container.go b/daemon/cluster/executor/container/container.go
index 5639d7d3d2..b05d8e30ca 100644
--- a/daemon/cluster/executor/container/container.go
+++ b/daemon/cluster/executor/container/container.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (c *containerConfig) labels() map[string]string {
 
 	// finally, we apply the system labels, which override all labels.
 	for k, v := range system {
-		labels[strings.Join([]string{systemLabelPrefix, k}, ".")] = v
+		labels[systemLabelPrefix+"."+k] = v
 	}
 
 	return labels
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go
index e03ad4df4d..86a740f566 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (s *DockerAPISuite) TestAPIImagesImportBadSrc(c *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := testutil.GetContext(c)
 	for _, te := range tt {
-		res, _, err := request.Post(ctx, strings.Join([]string{"/images/create?fromSrc=", te.fromSrc}, ""), request.JSON)
+		res, _, err := request.Post(ctx, "/images/create?fromSrc="+te.fromSrc, request.JSON)
 		assert.NilError(c, err)
 		assert.Equal(c, res.StatusCode, te.statusExp)
 		assert.Equal(c, res.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "application/json")
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_network_unix_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_network_unix_test.go
index e26de3de57..356df06aa1 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_network_unix_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_network_unix_test.go
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestDaemonRestartRestoreBridgeNetwork(t *testing.T)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if strings.Compare(strings.TrimSpace(oldContainerIP), strings.TrimSpace(newContainerIP)) == 0 {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(oldContainerIP) == strings.TrimSpace(newContainerIP) {
 		t.Fatalf("new container ip should not equal to old running container  ip")
 	}
 
diff --git a/libnetwork/cmd/diagnostic/main.go b/libnetwork/cmd/diagnostic/main.go
index fc70976c7f..c2c186bf9e 100644
--- a/libnetwork/cmd/diagnostic/main.go
+++ b/libnetwork/cmd/diagnostic/main.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func fetchTable(ip string, port int, network, tableName string, clusterPeers, ne
 		reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 		text, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
 		text = strings.ReplaceAll(text, "\n", "")
-		if strings.Compare(text, "Yes") == 0 {
+		if text == "Yes" {
 			for _, k := range orphanKeys {
 				r, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf(deleteEntry, ip, port, network, tableName, k))
 				if err != nil {