diff --git a/cargo-pgrx/Cargo.toml b/cargo-pgrx/Cargo.toml
index 92ddb68aa..9b8fceac7 100644
--- a/cargo-pgrx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-pgrx/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@ rustls = [
     "ureq/tls",
     "ureq/native-certs" # induces rustls to use the OS-level root of trust
 ]
+
+[lints.clippy]
+or-fun-call = "allow" # kinda sus lint imo
diff --git a/cargo-pgrx/src/main.rs b/cargo-pgrx/src/main.rs
index 338f3df14..81b22542c 100644
--- a/cargo-pgrx/src/main.rs
+++ b/cargo-pgrx/src/main.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 //LICENSE All rights reserved.
 //LICENSE
 //LICENSE Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-#![deny(clippy::perf)] // our compile times are awful
-#![allow(clippy::or_fun_call)] // often false positives
-
 mod command;
 mod manifest;
 mod metadata;
diff --git a/pgrx-macros/src/rewriter.rs b/pgrx-macros/src/rewriter.rs
index 49561c883..a25b65b2e 100644
--- a/pgrx-macros/src/rewriter.rs
+++ b/pgrx-macros/src/rewriter.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn item_fn_without_rewrite(mut func: ItemFn) -> syn::Result<proc_macro2::Tok
     let input_func_name = func.sig.ident.to_string();
     let sig = func.sig.clone();
     let vis = func.vis.clone();
-    let mut attrs = mem::take(&mut func.attrs);
+    let attrs = mem::take(&mut func.attrs);
     let generics = func.sig.generics.clone();
 
     if attrs.iter().any(|attr| attr.path().is_ident("no_mangle"))
@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ pub fn item_fn_without_rewrite(mut func: ItemFn) -> syn::Result<proc_macro2::Tok
 
     func.sig.ident = format_ident!("{}_inner", func.sig.ident);
 
-    // the wrapper_inner function declaration may contain lifetimes that are not used, since our input type is `FunctionCallInfo` mainly and return type is `Datum`
-    let unused_lifetimes = match generics.lifetimes().next() {
-        Some(_) => quote! {
-            #[allow(unused_lifetimes, clippy::extra_unused_lifetimes)]
-        },
-        None => quote! {},
-    };
-
     let arg_list = build_arg_list(&sig, false)?;
     let func_name = func.sig.ident.clone();
 
@@ -103,7 +95,6 @@ pub fn item_fn_without_rewrite(mut func: ItemFn) -> syn::Result<proc_macro2::Tok
         #(#attrs)*
         #vis #sig {
             #[allow(non_snake_case)]
-            #unused_lifetimes
             #func
 
             #[allow(unused_unsafe)]
diff --git a/pgrx-pg-sys/Cargo.toml b/pgrx-pg-sys/Cargo.toml
index c7e72b248..e2bd098d9 100644
--- a/pgrx-pg-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pgrx-pg-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,3 +63,13 @@ bindgen = { version = "0.69", default-features = false, features = ["runtime"] }
 clang-sys = { version = "1", features = ["clang_6_0", "runtime"] }
 quote = "1.0.33"
 shlex = "1.3" # shell lexing, also used by many of our deps
+
+[lints]
+# we allow improper_ctypes just to eliminate these warnings:
+#      = note: `#[warn(improper_ctypes)]` on by default
+#      = note: 128-bit integers don't currently have a known stable ABI
+rust.non_camel_case_types = "allow"
+rust.non_snake_case = "allow"
+rust.dead_code = "allow"
+rust.non_upper_case_globals = "allow"
+rust.improper_ctypes = "allow"
diff --git a/pgrx-pg-sys/src/lib.rs b/pgrx-pg-sys/src/lib.rs
index c66b809a3..56e040bf5 100644
--- a/pgrx-pg-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pgrx-pg-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,17 +7,6 @@
 //LICENSE All rights reserved.
 //LICENSE
 //LICENSE Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-//
-// we allow improper_ctypes just to eliminate these warnings:
-//      = note: `#[warn(improper_ctypes)]` on by default
-//      = note: 128-bit integers don't currently have a known stable ABI
-#![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-#![allow(non_snake_case)]
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-#![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
-#![allow(improper_ctypes)]
-#![allow(clippy::unneeded_field_pattern)]
-
 #[cfg(
     // no features at all will cause problems
     not(any(feature = "pg12", feature = "pg13", feature = "pg14", feature = "pg15", feature = "pg16")),
diff --git a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/Cargo.toml b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/Cargo.toml
index d73b1ebbe..d2eeb9fd9 100644
--- a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ syntect = { version = "5.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["default-fa
 
 [lints.clippy]
 assigning-clones = "allow" # wrong diagnosis and wrong suggestions
+too-many-arguments = "allow" # I argue with myself all the time
diff --git a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/finfo.rs b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/finfo.rs
index 812d59154..67ec69842 100644
--- a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/finfo.rs
+++ b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/finfo.rs
@@ -26,21 +26,11 @@ pub fn finfo_v1_extern_c(
 ) -> syn::Result<ItemFn> {
     let original_name = &original.sig.ident;
     let wrapper_symbol = format_ident!("{}_wrapper", original_name);
-    let lifetimes = &original.sig.generics;
-    // the wrapper function declaration may contain lifetimes that are not used, since
-    // our input type is FunctionCallInfo and our return type is Datum
-    let unused_lifetimes = match lifetimes.lifetimes().next() {
-        Some(_) => quote! {
-            #[allow(unused_lifetimes, clippy::extra_unused_lifetimes)]
-        },
-        None => quote! {},
-    };
 
     let tokens = quote_spanned! { original.sig.span() =>
         #[no_mangle]
         #[doc(hidden)]
-        #unused_lifetimes
-        pub unsafe extern "C" fn #wrapper_symbol #lifetimes(#fcinfo: ::pgrx::pg_sys::FunctionCallInfo) -> ::pgrx::pg_sys::Datum {
+        pub unsafe extern "C" fn #wrapper_symbol(#fcinfo: ::pgrx::pg_sys::FunctionCallInfo) -> ::pgrx::pg_sys::Datum {
             #contents
         }
     };
diff --git a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/lib.rs b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/lib.rs
index c18eec922..fcb1f1bb5 100644
--- a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ Rust to SQL mapping support.
 to the `pgrx` framework and very subject to change between versions. While you may use this, please do it with caution.
 
 */
-#![allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-#![allow(clippy::redundant_pattern_matching)]
 pub use aggregate::entity::{AggregateTypeEntity, PgAggregateEntity};
 pub use aggregate::{
     AggregateType, AggregateTypeList, FinalizeModify, ParallelOption, PgAggregate,
diff --git a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/pgrx_attribute.rs b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/pgrx_attribute.rs
index f838fa08e..5ffd2d6a7 100644
--- a/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/pgrx_attribute.rs
+++ b/pgrx-sql-entity-graph/src/pgrx_attribute.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl Parse for PgrxArg {
     #[track_caller]
     fn parse(input: ParseStream<'_>) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         let path = input.parse::<syn::Path>()?;
-        if let Ok(_) = input.parse::<Token![=]>() {
+        if input.parse::<Token![=]>().is_ok() {
             Ok(Self::NameValue(NameValueArg { path, value: input.parse()? }))
         } else {
             Err(input.error("unsupported argument to #[pgrx] in this context"))
diff --git a/pgrx-tests/Cargo.toml b/pgrx-tests/Cargo.toml
index c77fe3850..405723d68 100644
--- a/pgrx-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pgrx-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,3 +76,7 @@ version = "=0.12.0-alpha.1"
 [dev-dependencies]
 eyre.workspace = true # testing functions that return `eyre::Result`
 trybuild = "1"
+
+[lints]
+rust.unused-lifetimes = "deny"
+clippy.used-underscore-binding = "deny"
diff --git a/pgrx-tests/src/tests/pg_guard_tests.rs b/pgrx-tests/src/tests/pg_guard_tests.rs
index a1dfe20da..26cd97d10 100644
--- a/pgrx-tests/src/tests/pg_guard_tests.rs
+++ b/pgrx-tests/src/tests/pg_guard_tests.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern "C" fn extern_func_impl_1() -> bool {
 // and [no_mangle]
 #[pg_guard]
 #[no_mangle]
+#[allow(unused_lifetimes)]
 extern "C" fn extern_func_impl_2<'a>() -> bool {
     true
 }
diff --git a/pgrx/Cargo.toml b/pgrx/Cargo.toml
index f94420541..fb1ed6603 100644
--- a/pgrx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pgrx/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,3 +66,11 @@ seahash = "4.1.0" # derive(PostgresHash)
 serde.workspace = true # impls on pub types
 serde_cbor = "0.11.2" # derive(PostgresType)
 serde_json.workspace = true # everything JSON
+
+[lints]
+clippy.cast_ptr_alignment = "allow"
+clippy.len_without_is_empty = "allow"
+clippy.missing_safety_doc = "allow"
+clippy.too_many_arguments = "allow"
+clippy.type_complexity = "allow"
+clippy.unnecessary_cast = "allow"
diff --git a/pgrx/src/lib.rs b/pgrx/src/lib.rs
index 2b0907083..d119697bb 100644
--- a/pgrx/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pgrx/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@
 //! }
 //!
 //! ```
-#![allow(
-    clippy::cast_ptr_alignment,
-    clippy::len_without_is_empty,
-    clippy::missing_safety_doc,
-    clippy::too_many_arguments,
-    clippy::type_complexity,
-    clippy::unnecessary_cast
-)]
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "nightly", feature(allocator_api))]
 
 #[macro_use]