diff --git a/internal/telemetry/trace/server.go b/internal/telemetry/trace/server.go
index 3b3d3de63..b1a844a10 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/trace/server.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/trace/server.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewServer(ctx context.Context, remoteClient otlptrace.Client) *ExporterServ
 	return ex
 }
 
-func (srv *ExporterServer) Start(ctx context.Context) {
+func (srv *ExporterServer) Start() {
 	lis := bufconn.Listen(4096)
 	go func() { _ = srv.server.Serve(lis) }()
 	cc, err := grpc.NewClient("passthrough://ignore",
diff --git a/internal/telemetry/trace/trace.go b/internal/telemetry/trace/trace.go
index 57ff364f7..fa9d44f80 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/trace/trace.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/trace/trace.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (op Options) NewContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
 	}
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, systemContextKey, sys)
 	sys.exporterServer = NewServer(ctx, remoteClient)
-	sys.exporterServer.Start(ctx)
+	sys.exporterServer.Start()
 
 	return ctx
 }
diff --git a/internal/testenv/selftests/tracing_test.go b/internal/testenv/selftests/tracing_test.go
index faf310b72..3ea5cfb26 100644
--- a/internal/testenv/selftests/tracing_test.go
+++ b/internal/testenv/selftests/tracing_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestOTLPTracing(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSampling(t *testing.T) {
 	requireOTLPTracesEndpoint(t)
 	env := testenv.New(t, testenv.AddTraceDebugFlags(testenv.StandardTraceDebugFlags))
-	env.Add(testenv.ModifierFunc(func(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) {
+	env.Add(testenv.ModifierFunc(func(_ context.Context, cfg *config.Config) {
 		cfg.Options.TracingSampleRate = 0.5
 	}))
 	defer env.Stop()
diff --git a/internal/testenv/upstreams/http.go b/internal/testenv/upstreams/http.go
index 8c79adceb..78652b2d9 100644
--- a/internal/testenv/upstreams/http.go
+++ b/internal/testenv/upstreams/http.go
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ func authenticateFlow(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, req *http.Reques
 		return res, nil
 	}
 	fs := forms.Parse(res.Body)
-	io.ReadAll(res.Body)
-	res.Body.Close()
+	_, _ = io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	_ = res.Body.Close()
 	if len(fs) > 0 {
 		f := fs[0]
 		f.Inputs["email"] = email