diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 03c43d4119d..6e7b5fd5825 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ ARG VARIANT=1-bullseye
 FROM golang:${VARIANT}
 
 RUN go install mvdan.cc/gofumpt@latest
-RUN curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.50.0
-RUN golangci-lint --version
 
 # [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
 # RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6b6cbcd52ca..7f431fca9e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v8
         with:
+          # If you change this, make sure to also update scripts/golangci-lint-shim.sh
           version: v2.2.1
       - name: errors
         run: golangci-lint run
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9c93214f5b..6d9b25784d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ coverage.txt
 .idea/
 
 # Binaries
-.bin/
 lazygit
 lazygit.exe
 
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 23a0e524bb6..dd4398af90b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     },
   },
   "go.alternateTools": {
-    "golangci-lint-v2": "${workspaceFolder}/.bin/golangci-lint",
+    "golangci-lint-v2": "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/golangci-lint-shim.sh",
   },
   "go.lintTool": "golangci-lint-v2",
 }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f972100a143..38dc118cb82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ format:
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
-	./scripts/lint.sh
+	./scripts/golangci-lint-shim.sh run
 
 # For more details about integration test, see https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/pkg/integration/README.md.
 .PHONY: integration-test-tui
diff --git a/scripts/golangci-lint-shim.sh b/scripts/golangci-lint-shim.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..24e32ac8580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/golangci-lint-shim.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+# Must be kept in sync with the version in .github/workflows/ci.yml
+version="v2.2.1"
+
+go run "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@$version" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 98d697bc100..00000000000
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-if [ ! -x ./.bin/golangci-lint ]; then
-  echo 'You need to install golangci-lint into .bin'
-  echo 'One way to do this is to run'
-  echo '  GOBIN=$(pwd)/.bin go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.2.1'
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-./.bin/golangci-lint run