diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index fcfacf552c5..d23883526de 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ run:
   - e2e
   # timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m, default is 1m
   timeout: 10m
-  # skip vendor directory
-  skip-dirs:
-    - vendor
   modules-download-mode: vendor
 linters:
   # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
@@ -49,6 +46,9 @@ linters:
 issues:
   include:
   - EXC0002 # disable excluding of issues about comments from golint
+  exclude-dirs:
+    # skip vendor directory
+    - vendor
   # Excluding configuration per-path, per-linter, per-text and per-source
   exclude-rules:
     - path: _test\.go