diff --git a/pkg/lint/linter/config.go b/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
index 1e438a0f0368..940642f6847f 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ func (lc *Config) WithNoopFallback(cfg *config.Config, cond func(cfg *config.Con
 	return lc
 }
 
+func IsGoLowerThanGo117() func(cfg *config.Config) error {
+	return isGoLowerThanGo("1.17")
+}
+
 func IsGoLowerThanGo122() func(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	return isGoLowerThanGo("1.22")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go
index 1bf8c402c790..5ac475538512 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go
@@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ func (LinterBuilder) Build(cfg *config.Config) ([]*linter.Config, error) {
 			WithSince("v1.43.0").
 			WithPresets(linter.PresetTest).
 			WithLoadForGoAnalysis().
-			WithURL("https://github.com/sivchari/tenv"),
+			WithURL("https://github.com/sivchari/tenv").
+			WithNoopFallback(cfg, linter.IsGoLowerThanGo117()),
 
 		linter.NewConfig(testableexamples.New()).
 			WithSince("v1.50.0").