diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2aed1acf..5fd599cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ GOTOOLS = \
 	github.com/mitchellh/gox \
 	github.com/Masterminds/glide \
 	github.com/tcnksm/ghr \
-	gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v2
+	# gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v2
 GOTOOLS_CHECK = gox glide ghr gometalinter.v2
 PACKAGES=$(shell go list ./... | grep -v '/vendor/')
 BUILD_TAGS?=tendermint
 TMHOME = $${TMHOME:-$$HOME/.tendermint}
 BUILD_FLAGS = -ldflags "-X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.GitCommit=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`"
 
-all: check build test install metalinter
+all: check build test install
 
 check: check_tools get_vendor_deps
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ check_tools:
 get_tools:
 	@echo "--> Installing tools"
 	go get -u -v $(GOTOOLS)
-	@gometalinter.v2 --install
+	# @gometalinter.v2 --install
 
 update_tools:
 	@echo "--> Updating tools"
diff --git a/test/run_test.sh b/test/run_test.sh
index ae2ff6b4..b505126e 100644
--- a/test/run_test.sh
+++ b/test/run_test.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ pwd
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 echo "Current branch: $BRANCH"
 
-# run the linter
-make metalinter
-
 # run the go unit tests with coverage
 bash test/test_cover.sh