diff --git a/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/receiver.go
index 7446cd1ea4de..2cb5140dab1a 100644
--- a/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (er *eventReceiver) failBadReq(_ context.Context,
 	w.WriteHeader(httpStatusCode)
 	if len(jsonResp) > 0 {
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		_, err := w.Write(jsonResp)
+		_, err = w.Write(jsonResp)
 		if err != nil {
 			er.settings.Logger.Warn("failed to write json response", zap.Error(err))
 		}
diff --git a/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/req_to_log.go b/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/req_to_log.go
index 3ce8da6a66af..222621f9c263 100644
--- a/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/req_to_log.go
+++ b/receiver/webhookeventreceiver/req_to_log.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 func reqToLog(sc *bufio.Scanner,
 	query url.Values,
-	_config *Config,
+	_ *Config,
 	settings receiver.CreateSettings) (plog.Logs, int) {
 	log := plog.NewLogs()
 	resourceLog := log.ResourceLogs().AppendEmpty()