diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 237b523e66..f72b12739b 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ linters:
     # useful hints that should be addressed
     - ginkgolinter
     - nakedret
-    - mirror
     - wastedassign
     - gosmopolitan # usage of time.Local in pkg/k8s.io
     - tagliatelle # too many JSON keys cannot be changed due to compat
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go b/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
index 7f89c4ac63..2e89cff56d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func add(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Default:  cOpts.Default,
 	}
 	dest := args[1]
-	if match, err := regexp.Match("^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*://", []byte(dest)); err != nil {
+	if match, err := regexp.MatchString("^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*://", dest); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid destination: %w", err)
 	} else if !match {
 		dest = "ssh://" + dest
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if match, err := regexp.Match("^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*://", []byte(dest)); err != nil {
+	if match, err := regexp.MatchString("^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*://", dest); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid destination: %w", err)
 	} else if !match {
 		dest = "ssh://" + dest
diff --git a/cmd/quadlet/main.go b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
index 21544b15a4..7549886eae 100644
--- a/cmd/quadlet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func logToKmsg(s string) bool {
 		kmsgFile = f
 	}
 
-	if _, err := kmsgFile.Write([]byte(s)); err != nil {
+	if _, err := kmsgFile.WriteString(s); err != nil {
 		kmsgFile.Close()
 		kmsgFile = nil
 		return false
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
index 2393ff9204..38fd07bdea 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func generateResourceFile(res *spec.LinuxResources) (string, []string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
-	_, err = f.WriteString(string(j))
+	_, err = f.Write(j)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go b/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go
index 323daec723..76d7b982a5 100644
--- a/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func becomeRootInUserNS(pausePid, fileToRead string, fileOutput *os.File) (_ boo
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, err = w.Write([]byte("0"))
+	_, err = w.WriteString("0")
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, -1, fmt.Errorf("write to sync pipe: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index 7d4077a2fc..4b9c2f7faa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ func createSourceTarFile(fileName, fileContent, tarFilePath string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, err = file.Write([]byte(fileContent))
+	_, err = file.WriteString(fileContent)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -4996,7 +4996,7 @@ spec:
 		file, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(hostPathLocation, "testing", "onlythis", "123.txt"))
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-		_, err = file.Write([]byte("hi"))
+		_, err = file.WriteString("hi")
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 		err = file.Close()
diff --git a/utils/utils_supported.go b/utils/utils_supported.go
index 418c1f871a..ecd0c4c024 100644
--- a/utils/utils_supported.go
+++ b/utils/utils_supported.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func moveUnderCgroup(cgroup, subtree string, processes []uint32) error {
 
 		if len(processes) > 0 {
 			for _, pid := range processes {
-				if _, err := f.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", pid))); err != nil {
+				if _, err := f.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", pid)); err != nil {
 					logrus.Debugf("Cannot move process %d to cgroup %q: %v", pid, newCgroup, err)
 				}
 			}