diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index a6f4349d2..6e97f103c 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 run:
   timeout: 10m
   allow-parallel-runners: true
-  build-tags:
-  - e2e
+  exclude-dirs:
+    - client
+    - injection/clients
 
 output:
   sort-results: true
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@ issues:
   uniq-by-line: true
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0
-  exclude-dirs:
-  - pkg/client
   exclude-rules:
   - path: test # Excludes /test, *_test.go etc.
     linters:
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ issues:
     text: "ifElseChain"
 
 linters-settings:
+  # goimports:
+  #   local-prefixes: knative.dev/pkg
   gomodguard:
     blocked:
       modules: