diff --git a/command/install.go b/command/install.go
index 253abc065..d604aeaaf 100644
--- a/command/install.go
+++ b/command/install.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "install",
 	Short: "Check required tools",
 	Long:  "Checks versions of required Pact CLI tools for used by the library",
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		setLogLevel(verbose, logLevel)
 
 		// Run the installer
diff --git a/command/version.go b/command/version.go
index 149869fe0..39366dbc2 100644
--- a/command/version.go
+++ b/command/version.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Print the version number of Pact Go",
 	Long:  `All software has versions. This is Pact Go's`,
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		fmt.Printf("Pact Go CLI %s, using CLI tools version %s", version, cliToolsVersion)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/dsl/client.go b/dsl/client.go
index 42cb4ebfb..b09bff4b3 100644
--- a/dsl/client.go
+++ b/dsl/client.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (p *PactClient) StopServer(server *types.MockServer) (*types.MockServer, er
 }
 
 // RemoveAllServers stops all remote Pact Mock Servers.
-func (p *PactClient) RemoveAllServers(server *types.MockServer) []*types.MockServer {
+func (p *PactClient) RemoveAllServers(_ *types.MockServer) []*types.MockServer {
 	log.Println("[DEBUG] client: stop server")
 
 	for _, s := range p.verificationSvcManager.List() {
diff --git a/dsl/message.go b/dsl/message.go
index 809cd38b0..ef6db7b9f 100644
--- a/dsl/message.go
+++ b/dsl/message.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type State struct {
 
 // Given specifies a provider state. Optional.
 func (p *Message) Given(state string) *Message {
-	p.States = []State{State{Name: state}}
+	p.States = []State{{Name: state}}
 
 	return p
 }
diff --git a/dsl/mock_client.go b/dsl/mock_client.go
index dc46b407b..0e5806989 100644
--- a/dsl/mock_client.go
+++ b/dsl/mock_client.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func newMockClient() *mockClient {
 }
 
 // StartServer starts a remote Pact Mock Server.
-func (p *mockClient) StartServer(args []string, port int) *types.MockServer {
+func (p *mockClient) StartServer(_ []string, _ int) *types.MockServer {
 	return p.MockServer
 }
 
@@ -44,33 +44,33 @@ func (p *mockClient) ListServers() []*types.MockServer {
 }
 
 // StopServer stops a remote Pact Mock Server.
-func (p *mockClient) StopServer(server *types.MockServer) (*types.MockServer, error) {
+func (p *mockClient) StopServer(_ *types.MockServer) (*types.MockServer, error) {
 	return p.StopServerResponse, p.StopServerError
 }
 
 // RemoveAllServers stops all remote Pact Mock Servers.
-func (p *mockClient) RemoveAllServers(server *types.MockServer) []*types.MockServer {
+func (p *mockClient) RemoveAllServers(_ *types.MockServer) []*types.MockServer {
 	return p.RemoveAllServersResponse
 }
 
 // VerifyProvider runs the verification process against a running Provider.
-func (p *mockClient) VerifyProvider(request types.VerifyRequest) ([]types.ProviderVerifierResponse, error) {
+func (p *mockClient) VerifyProvider(_ types.VerifyRequest) ([]types.ProviderVerifierResponse, error) {
 	return p.VerifyProviderResponse, p.VerifyProviderError
 }
 
 // UpdateMessagePact adds a pact message to a contract file
-func (p *mockClient) UpdateMessagePact(request types.PactMessageRequest) error {
+func (p *mockClient) UpdateMessagePact(_ types.PactMessageRequest) error {
 	return p.UpdateMessagePactError
 }
 
 // ReifyMessage takes a structured object, potentially containing nested Matchers
 // and returns an object with just the example (generated) content
 // The object may be a simple JSON primitive e.g. string or number or a complex object
-func (p *mockClient) ReifyMessage(request *types.PactReificationRequest) (res *types.ReificationResponse, err error) {
+func (p *mockClient) ReifyMessage(_ *types.PactReificationRequest) (res *types.ReificationResponse, err error) {
 	return p.ReifyMessageResponse, p.ReifyMessageError
 }
 
 // PublishPacts publishes pacts to a broker
-func (p *mockClient) PublishPacts(request types.PublishRequest) error {
+func (p *mockClient) PublishPacts(_ types.PublishRequest) error {
 	return p.PublishPactsError
 }
diff --git a/dsl/service_mock.go b/dsl/service_mock.go
index 052f6f8af..e9d116606 100644
--- a/dsl/service_mock.go
+++ b/dsl/service_mock.go
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ func (s *ServiceMock) Command() *exec.Cmd {
 }
 
 // NewService creates a new MockService with default settings.
-func (s *ServiceMock) NewService(args []string) client.Service {
+func (s *ServiceMock) NewService(_ []string) client.Service {
 	return s
 }