diff --git a/daemon/container_operations.go b/daemon/container_operations.go
index 909c7ccb27..dc4654f146 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations.go
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) connectToNetwork(container *container.Container, idOrName
 	return nil
 }
 
-func updateJoinInfo(networkSettings *network.Settings, n libnetwork.Network, ep libnetwork.Endpoint) error { // nolint: interfacer
+func updateJoinInfo(networkSettings *network.Settings, n libnetwork.Network, ep libnetwork.Endpoint) error {
 	if ep == nil {
 		return errors.New("invalid enppoint whhile building portmap info")
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/metrics.go b/daemon/metrics.go
index 20030c4270..ec633d6cd7 100644
--- a/daemon/metrics.go
+++ b/daemon/metrics.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ type metricsPlugin interface {
 	StopMetrics() error
 }
 
-func makePluginAdapter(p plugingetter.CompatPlugin) (metricsPlugin, error) { // nolint: interfacer
+func makePluginAdapter(p plugingetter.CompatPlugin) (metricsPlugin, error) {
 	if pc, ok := p.(plugingetter.PluginWithV1Client); ok {
 		return &metricsPluginAdapter{pc.Client(), p.Name()}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/distribution/pull_v1.go b/distribution/pull_v1.go
index c2c897dc1c..b244bb9cdc 100644
--- a/distribution/pull_v1.go
+++ b/distribution/pull_v1.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client/auth"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client/transport"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/distribution/metadata"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/distribution/xfer"
@@ -70,9 +69,7 @@ func (p *v1Puller) Pull(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, _ *specs.Platf
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Note use auth.Scope rather than reference.Named due to this warning causing Jenkins CI to fail:
-// warning: ref can be github.com/docker/docker/vendor/github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client/auth.Scope (interfacer)
-func (p *v1Puller) pullRepository(ctx context.Context, ref auth.Scope) error {
+func (p *v1Puller) pullRepository(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named) error {
 	progress.Message(p.config.ProgressOutput, "", "Pulling repository "+p.repoInfo.Name.Name())
 
 	tagged, isTagged := ref.(reference.NamedTagged)
diff --git a/distribution/push_v2.go b/distribution/push_v2.go
index 5281677734..8bc0edd4c1 100644
--- a/distribution/push_v2.go
+++ b/distribution/push_v2.go
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@ func (bla byLikeness) Swap(i, j int) {
 }
 func (bla byLikeness) Len() int { return len(bla.arr) }
 
-// nolint: interfacer
 func sortV2MetadataByLikenessAndAge(repoInfo reference.Named, hmacKey []byte, marr []metadata.V2Metadata) {
 	// reverse the metadata array to shift the newest entries to the beginning
 	for i := 0; i < len(marr)/2; i++ {
diff --git a/hack/validate/gometalinter.json b/hack/validate/gometalinter.json
index 81eb1017cb..e36dd73306 100644
--- a/hack/validate/gometalinter.json
+++ b/hack/validate/gometalinter.json
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     "golint",
     "gosimple",
     "ineffassign",
-    "interfacer",
     "unconvert",
     "vet"
   ],
diff --git a/registry/auth.go b/registry/auth.go
index 1f2043a0d9..3f58fc6cff 100644
--- a/registry/auth.go
+++ b/registry/auth.go
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ func (err PingResponseError) Error() string {
 // challenge manager for the supported authentication types and
 // whether v2 was confirmed by the response. If a response is received but
 // cannot be interpreted a PingResponseError will be returned.
-// nolint: interfacer
 func PingV2Registry(endpoint *url.URL, transport http.RoundTripper) (challenge.Manager, bool, error) {
 	var (
 		foundV2   = false