diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 224807390ac6..7f2be2e4c3ff 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ type Version struct {
 	Format string `mapstructure:"format"`
 }
 
+func IsGreaterThanOrEqualGo118(v string) bool {
+	v1, err := hcversion.NewVersion(strings.TrimPrefix(v, "go"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	limit, err := hcversion.NewVersion("1.18")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return v1.GreaterThanOrEqual(limit)
+}
+
 func DetectGo() string {
 	const defaultGo = "1.17"
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 2ae8550e71b4..3f984ce3724e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ type GoSecSettings struct {
 }
 
 type GovetSettings struct {
-	CheckShadowing bool `mapstructure:"check-shadowing"`
+	Go             string `mapstructure:"-"`
+	CheckShadowing bool   `mapstructure:"check-shadowing"`
 	Settings       map[string]map[string]interface{}
 
 	Enable     []string
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ type GovetSettings struct {
 	DisableAll bool `mapstructure:"disable-all"`
 }
 
-func (cfg GovetSettings) Validate() error {
+func (cfg *GovetSettings) Validate() error {
 	if cfg.EnableAll && cfg.DisableAll {
 		return errors.New("enable-all and disable-all can't be combined")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/govet.go b/pkg/golinters/govet.go
index b3860e01705c..c7a58af610f8 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/govet.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/govet.go
@@ -119,7 +119,46 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+func NewGovet(cfg *config.GovetSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
+	var settings map[string]map[string]interface{}
+	if cfg != nil {
+		settings = cfg.Settings
+	}
+	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
+		"govet",
+		"Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs, "+
+			"such as Printf calls whose arguments do not align with the format string",
+		analyzersFromConfig(cfg),
+		settings,
+	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
+}
+
+func analyzersFromConfig(cfg *config.GovetSettings) []*analysis.Analyzer {
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return defaultAnalyzers
+	}
+
+	if cfg.CheckShadowing {
+		// Keeping for backward compatibility.
+		cfg.Enable = append(cfg.Enable, shadow.Analyzer.Name)
+	}
+
+	var enabledAnalyzers []*analysis.Analyzer
+	for _, a := range allAnalyzers {
+		if isAnalyzerEnabled(a.Name, cfg, defaultAnalyzers) {
+			enabledAnalyzers = append(enabledAnalyzers, a)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return enabledAnalyzers
+}
+
 func isAnalyzerEnabled(name string, cfg *config.GovetSettings, defaultAnalyzers []*analysis.Analyzer) bool {
+	if (name == nilness.Analyzer.Name || name == unusedwrite.Analyzer.Name) &&
+		config.IsGreaterThanOrEqualGo118(cfg.Go) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	if cfg.EnableAll {
 		for _, n := range cfg.Disable {
 			if n == name {
@@ -128,20 +167,24 @@ func isAnalyzerEnabled(name string, cfg *config.GovetSettings, defaultAnalyzers
 		}
 		return true
 	}
+
 	// Raw for loops should be OK on small slice lengths.
 	for _, n := range cfg.Enable {
 		if n == name {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
+
 	for _, n := range cfg.Disable {
 		if n == name {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
+
 	if cfg.DisableAll {
 		return false
 	}
+
 	for _, a := range defaultAnalyzers {
 		if a.Name == name {
 			return true
@@ -149,37 +192,3 @@ func isAnalyzerEnabled(name string, cfg *config.GovetSettings, defaultAnalyzers
 	}
 	return false
 }
-
-func analyzersFromConfig(cfg *config.GovetSettings) []*analysis.Analyzer {
-	if cfg == nil {
-		return defaultAnalyzers
-	}
-
-	if cfg.CheckShadowing {
-		// Keeping for backward compatibility.
-		cfg.Enable = append(cfg.Enable, shadow.Analyzer.Name)
-	}
-
-	var enabledAnalyzers []*analysis.Analyzer
-	for _, a := range allAnalyzers {
-		if isAnalyzerEnabled(a.Name, cfg, defaultAnalyzers) {
-			enabledAnalyzers = append(enabledAnalyzers, a)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return enabledAnalyzers
-}
-
-func NewGovet(cfg *config.GovetSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
-	var settings map[string]map[string]interface{}
-	if cfg != nil {
-		settings = cfg.Settings
-	}
-	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
-		"govet",
-		"Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs, "+
-			"such as Printf calls whose arguments do not align with the format string",
-		analyzersFromConfig(cfg),
-		settings,
-	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/lint/linter/config.go b/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
index 184b00cc7269..c8e065542e2a 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package linter
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-
-	hcversion "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
 
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ func (lc *Config) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (lc *Config) WithNoopFallback(cfg *config.Config) *Config {
-	if isGreaterThanOrEqualGo118(cfg) {
+	if cfg != nil && config.IsGreaterThanOrEqualGo118(cfg.Run.Go) {
 		lc.Linter = &Noop{
 			name: lc.Linter.Name(),
 			desc: lc.Linter.Desc(),
@@ -148,21 +145,3 @@ func NewConfig(linter Linter) *Config {
 	}
 	return lc.WithLoadFiles()
 }
-
-func isGreaterThanOrEqualGo118(cfg *config.Config) bool {
-	if cfg == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	v1, err := hcversion.NewVersion(strings.TrimPrefix(cfg.Run.Go, "go"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	limit, err := hcversion.NewVersion("1.18")
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return v1.GreaterThanOrEqual(limit)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
index 736bffd16146..579435e83d6f 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 		unusedCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Unused
 		varnamelenCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Varnamelen
 		wrapcheckCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Wrapcheck
+
+		if govetCfg != nil {
+			govetCfg.Go = m.cfg.Run.Go
+		}
 	}
 
 	const megacheckName = "megacheck"