diff --git a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs.go b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs.go
index 5c9077e92e55..43251ec4e77f 100644
--- a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs.go
+++ b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_logs.go
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ func (e *logsExporter) start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := createLogsTable(ctx, e.cfg, e.client); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return createLogsTable(ctx, e.cfg, e.client)
 }
 
 // shutdown will shut down the exporter.
diff --git a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go
index 62a100138014..120543888115 100644
--- a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go
+++ b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_metrics.go
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ func (e *metricsExporter) start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 	}
 
 	internal.SetLogger(e.logger)
-	if err := internal.NewMetricsTable(ctx, e.cfg.MetricsTableName, e.cfg.TTLDays, e.client); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return internal.NewMetricsTable(ctx, e.cfg.MetricsTableName, e.cfg.TTLDays, e.client)
 }
 
 // shutdown will shut down the exporter.
diff --git a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_traces.go b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_traces.go
index 2333ca2a1d63..e7c5e1e4ffe5 100644
--- a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_traces.go
+++ b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/exporter_traces.go
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ func (e *tracesExporter) start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := createTracesTable(ctx, e.cfg, e.client); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return createTracesTable(ctx, e.cfg, e.client)
 }
 
 // shutdown will shut down the exporter.
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/logs/sender.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/logs/sender.go
index 21c32241522c..1950661270f1 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/logs/sender.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/logs/sender.go
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ func (s *Sender) SubmitLogs(ctx context.Context, payload []datadogV2.HTTPLogItem
 		batch = []datadogV2.HTTPLogItem{p}
 		prevtags = tags
 	}
-	if err := s.handleSubmitLog(ctx, batch, tags); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return s.handleSubmitLog(ctx, batch, tags)
 }
 
 func (s *Sender) handleSubmitLog(ctx context.Context, batch []datadogV2.HTTPLogItem, tags string) error {
diff --git a/exporter/fileexporter/file_exporter.go b/exporter/fileexporter/file_exporter.go
index bef9ed4d8bc7..2765fb3787dd 100644
--- a/exporter/fileexporter/file_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/fileexporter/file_exporter.go
@@ -102,12 +102,8 @@ func exportMessageAsBuffer(e *fileExporter, buf []byte) error {
 	// each encoded object is preceded by 4 bytes (an unsigned 32 bit integer)
 	data := make([]byte, 4, 4+len(buf))
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(data, uint32(len(buf)))
-	data = append(data, buf...)
-	if err := binary.Write(e.file, binary.BigEndian, data); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 
-	return nil
+	return binary.Write(e.file, binary.BigEndian, append(data, buf...))
 }
 
 // startFlusher starts the flusher.
diff --git a/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go
index d21fcc6b313b..1a7292b73478 100644
--- a/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func newLogsExporter(config *Config, settings component.TelemetrySettings, build
 	return e
 }
 
-func (m *mezmoExporter) pushLogData(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
+func (m *mezmoExporter) pushLogData(_ context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 	m.wg.Add(1)
 	defer m.wg.Done()
 
@@ -158,12 +158,7 @@ func (m *mezmoExporter) logDataToMezmo(ld plog.Logs) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	str := b.String() + "]}"
-	if errs = m.sendLinesToMezmo(str); errs != nil {
-		return errs
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return m.sendLinesToMezmo(b.String() + "]}")
 }
 
 func (m *mezmoExporter) sendLinesToMezmo(post string) (errs error) {
diff --git a/extension/storage/dbstorage/client.go b/extension/storage/dbstorage/client.go
index c7f17e1707cc..69e95155bebc 100644
--- a/extension/storage/dbstorage/client.go
+++ b/extension/storage/dbstorage/client.go
@@ -112,8 +112,5 @@ func (c *dbStorageClient) Close(_ context.Context) error {
 	if err := c.deleteQuery.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := c.getQuery.Close(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return c.getQuery.Close()
 }
diff --git a/internal/coreinternal/golden/golden.go b/internal/coreinternal/golden/golden.go
index 92558e7c2e00..2cf933c2591f 100644
--- a/internal/coreinternal/golden/golden.go
+++ b/internal/coreinternal/golden/golden.go
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ func writeMetrics(filePath string, metrics pmetric.Metrics) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filePath, b, 0600); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return os.WriteFile(filePath, b, 0600)
 }
 
 // ReadLogs reads a plog.Logs from the specified YAML or JSON file.
diff --git a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/config.go b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/config.go
index d2c05dd34309..85825968daa6 100644
--- a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/config.go
@@ -32,8 +32,5 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	if c.RecordType == "" {
 		return errors.New("must specify record type")
 	}
-	if err := validateRecordType(c.RecordType); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return validateRecordType(c.RecordType)
 }
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver.go
index 14fd34abceb9..7ac565efc90a 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver.go
@@ -232,10 +232,7 @@ func (r *pReceiver) applyCfg(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		discoveryCfg[scrapeConfig.JobName] = scrapeConfig.ServiceDiscoveryConfigs
 		r.settings.Logger.Info("Scrape job added", zap.String("jobName", scrapeConfig.JobName))
 	}
-	if err := r.discoveryManager.ApplyConfig(discoveryCfg); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return r.discoveryManager.ApplyConfig(discoveryCfg)
 }
 
 func (r *pReceiver) initPrometheusComponents(ctx context.Context, host component.Host, logger log.Logger) error {
diff --git a/receiver/statsdreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/statsdreceiver/receiver.go
index 49d90c175c00..0eb2b10707d1 100644
--- a/receiver/statsdreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/statsdreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -131,10 +131,5 @@ func (r *statsdReceiver) Shutdown(context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (r *statsdReceiver) Flush(ctx context.Context, metrics pmetric.Metrics, nextConsumer consumer.Metrics) error {
-	error := nextConsumer.ConsumeMetrics(ctx, metrics)
-	if error != nil {
-		return error
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return nextConsumer.ConsumeMetrics(ctx, metrics)
 }