diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index c75c6206a..f4ec69a39 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ linters-settings:
     lines: 200
     statements: 100
   goconst:
-    min-len: 2
-    min-occurrences: 3
+    min-len: 3
+    min-occurrences: 4
   gocritic:
     enabled-tags:
       - diagnostic
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ linters-settings:
           - (github.com/neilotoole/lg.Log).Errorf
   lll:
     line-length: 180
-  maligned:
-    suggest-new: true
   misspell:
     locale: US
 
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ linters:
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
-    - interfacer
     - lll
 #    - misspell
     - nakedret
@@ -100,7 +97,6 @@ linters:
 #    - gochecknoglobals
     - gocognit
 #    - godox
-    - maligned
     - prealloc
 
 issues:
diff --git a/drivers/mysql/internal_test.go b/drivers/mysql/internal_test.go
index 4aa63542a..9026292f0 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/internal_test.go
+++ b/drivers/mysql/internal_test.go
@@ -88,5 +88,4 @@ func TestDSNFromLocation(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Equal(t, tc.wantDSN, gotDSN)
 		})
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mysql/metadata.go b/drivers/mysql/metadata.go
index 6911b6fc4..753c72073 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/metadata.go
+++ b/drivers/mysql/metadata.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func recordMetaFromColumnTypes(log lg.Log, colTypes []*sql.ColumnType) sqlz.Reco
 	recMeta := make(sqlz.RecordMeta, len(colTypes))
 
 	for i, colType := range colTypes {
-		kind := kindFromDBTypeName(log, colType.Name(), colType.DatabaseTypeName())
-		colTypeData := sqlz.NewColumnTypeData(colType, kind)
+		knd := kindFromDBTypeName(log, colType.Name(), colType.DatabaseTypeName())
+		colTypeData := sqlz.NewColumnTypeData(colType, knd)
 		recMeta[i] = sqlz.NewFieldMeta(colTypeData)
 	}
 
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ FROM information_schema.TABLES t
 WHERE t.TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
 ORDER BY c.TABLE_NAME ASC, c.ORDINAL_POSITION ASC`
 
+	// nolint:lll
 	// Query results look like:
 	// +------------+----------+----------+-------------+----------+-----------+----------------+----------+---------+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+--------------+---------------------------+
 	// |TABLE_SCHEMA|TABLE_NAME|TABLE_TYPE|TABLE_COMMENT|table_size|COLUMN_NAME|ORDINAL_POSITION|COLUMN_KEY|DATA_TYPE|COLUMN_TYPE         |IS_NULLABLE|COLUMN_DEFAULT   |COLUMN_COMMENT|EXTRA                      |
@@ -345,7 +346,6 @@ ORDER BY c.TABLE_NAME ASC, c.ORDINAL_POSITION ASC`
 		default:
 		}
 
-		//var colNullable, colKey, colExtra string
 		var colName, colDefault, colNullable, colKey, colBaseType, colColumnType, colComment, colExtra sql.NullString
 		var colPosition sql.NullInt64
 
@@ -380,18 +380,18 @@ ORDER BY c.TABLE_NAME ASC, c.ORDINAL_POSITION ASC`
 
 			rowCountTbl, rowCount, i := curTblName.String, &curTblMeta.RowCount, len(tblMetas)-1
 			gRowCount.Go(func() error {
-				err := db.QueryRowContext(gctx, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `"+rowCountTbl+"`").Scan(rowCount)
-				if err != nil {
-					if hasErrCode(err, errNumTableNotExist) {
+				gErr := db.QueryRowContext(gctx, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `"+rowCountTbl+"`").Scan(rowCount)
+				if gErr != nil {
+					if hasErrCode(gErr, errNumTableNotExist) {
 						// The table was probably dropped while we were collecting
 						// metadata, but that's ok. We set the element to nil
 						// and we'll filter it out later.
-						log.Debugf("Failed to get row count for %q: ignoring: %v", curTblName.String, err)
+						log.Debugf("Failed to get row count for %q: ignoring: %v", curTblName.String, gErr)
 						tblMetas[i] = nil
 						return nil
 					}
 
-					return errz.Err(err)
+					return errz.Err(gErr)
 				}
 				return nil
 			})
diff --git a/drivers/mysql/mysql.go b/drivers/mysql/mysql.go
index 5747fb2c4..737d2200f 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/drivers/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -94,18 +94,15 @@ func (d *driveri) RecordMeta(colTypes []*sql.ColumnType) (sqlz.RecordMeta, drive
 
 // CreateTable implements driver.SQLDriver.
 func (d *driveri) CreateTable(ctx context.Context, db sqlz.DB, tblDef *sqlmodel.TableDef) error {
-	createStmt, err := buildCreateTableStmt(tblDef)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	createStmt := buildCreateTableStmt(tblDef)
 
-	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, createStmt)
+	_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, createStmt)
 	return errz.Err(err)
 }
 
 // AlterTableAddColumn implements driver.SQLDriver.
-func (d *driveri) AlterTableAddColumn(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, tbl string, col string, kind kind.Kind) error {
-	q := fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %q ADD COLUMN %q ", tbl, col) + dbTypeNameFromKind(kind)
+func (d *driveri) AlterTableAddColumn(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, tbl, col string, knd kind.Kind) error {
+	q := fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %q ADD COLUMN %q ", tbl, col) + dbTypeNameFromKind(knd)
 
 	_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, q)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -285,13 +282,13 @@ func (d *driveri) ValidateSource(src *source.Source) (*source.Source, error) {
 
 // Ping implements driver.Driver.
 func (d *driveri) Ping(ctx context.Context, src *source.Source) error {
-	dbase, err := d.Open(context.TODO(), src)
+	dbase, err := d.Open(ctx, src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer d.log.WarnIfCloseError(dbase.DB())
 
-	return dbase.DB().Ping()
+	return dbase.DB().PingContext(ctx)
 }
 
 // Truncate implements driver.SQLDriver. Arg reset is
diff --git a/drivers/mysql/sqlbuilder.go b/drivers/mysql/sqlbuilder.go
index d8571f554..27b43bcb7 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/sqlbuilder.go
+++ b/drivers/mysql/sqlbuilder.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ var createTblKindDefaults = map[kind.Kind]string{
 	kind.Unknown:  ``,
 }
 
-func buildCreateTableStmt(tblDef *sqlmodel.TableDef) (string, error) {
+// nolint:funlen
+func buildCreateTableStmt(tblDef *sqlmodel.TableDef) string {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 
 	cols := make([]string, len(tblDef.Cols))
@@ -134,46 +135,48 @@ func buildCreateTableStmt(tblDef *sqlmodel.TableDef) (string, error) {
 	fk := ""
 	buf.Reset()
 	for _, col := range tblDef.Cols {
-		if col.ForeignKey != nil {
-			if buf.Len() > 0 {
-				buf.WriteString(",\n")
-			}
-			buf.WriteString("KEY `")
-			buf.WriteString(tblDef.Name)
-			buf.WriteRune('_')
-			buf.WriteString(col.Name)
-			buf.WriteRune('_')
-			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefTable)
-			buf.WriteRune('_')
-			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefCol)
-			buf.WriteString("_key` (`")
-			buf.WriteString(col.Name)
-			buf.WriteString("`),\nCONSTRAINT `")
-			buf.WriteString(tblDef.Name)
-			buf.WriteRune('_')
-			buf.WriteString(col.Name)
-			buf.WriteRune('_')
-			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefTable)
-			buf.WriteRune('_')
-			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefCol)
-			buf.WriteString("_fk` FOREIGN KEY (`")
-			buf.WriteString(col.Name)
-			buf.WriteString("`) REFERENCES `")
-			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefTable)
-			buf.WriteString("` (`")
-			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefCol)
-			buf.WriteString("`) ON DELETE ")
-			if col.ForeignKey.OnDelete == "" {
-				buf.WriteString("CASCADE")
-			} else {
-				buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.OnDelete)
-			}
-			buf.WriteString(" ON UPDATE ")
-			if col.ForeignKey.OnUpdate == "" {
-				buf.WriteString("CASCADE")
-			} else {
-				buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.OnUpdate)
-			}
+		if col.ForeignKey == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if buf.Len() > 0 {
+			buf.WriteString(",\n")
+		}
+		buf.WriteString("KEY `")
+		buf.WriteString(tblDef.Name)
+		buf.WriteRune('_')
+		buf.WriteString(col.Name)
+		buf.WriteRune('_')
+		buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefTable)
+		buf.WriteRune('_')
+		buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefCol)
+		buf.WriteString("_key` (`")
+		buf.WriteString(col.Name)
+		buf.WriteString("`),\nCONSTRAINT `")
+		buf.WriteString(tblDef.Name)
+		buf.WriteRune('_')
+		buf.WriteString(col.Name)
+		buf.WriteRune('_')
+		buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefTable)
+		buf.WriteRune('_')
+		buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefCol)
+		buf.WriteString("_fk` FOREIGN KEY (`")
+		buf.WriteString(col.Name)
+		buf.WriteString("`) REFERENCES `")
+		buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefTable)
+		buf.WriteString("` (`")
+		buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.RefCol)
+		buf.WriteString("`) ON DELETE ")
+		if col.ForeignKey.OnDelete == "" {
+			buf.WriteString("CASCADE")
+		} else {
+			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.OnDelete)
+		}
+		buf.WriteString(" ON UPDATE ")
+		if col.ForeignKey.OnUpdate == "" {
+			buf.WriteString("CASCADE")
+		} else {
+			buf.WriteString(col.ForeignKey.OnUpdate)
 		}
 	}
 	fk = buf.String()
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ func buildCreateTableStmt(tblDef *sqlmodel.TableDef) (string, error) {
 		buf.WriteString(fk)
 	}
 	buf.WriteString("\n)")
-	return buf.String(), nil
+	return buf.String()
 }
 
 func buildUpdateStmt(tbl string, cols []string, where string) (string, error) {