diff --git a/pkg/middleware/auth_proxy/auth_proxy.go b/pkg/middleware/auth_proxy/auth_proxy.go
index 4cb2de38c7f..2e1e72b82f6 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/auth_proxy/auth_proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/auth_proxy/auth_proxy.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func newError(message string, err error) *Error {
 
 // Error returns a Error error string
 func (err *Error) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", err.Message)
+	return err.Message
 }
 
 // Options for the AuthProxy
@@ -98,20 +98,12 @@ func New(options *Options) *AuthProxy {
 func (auth *AuthProxy) IsEnabled() bool {
 
 	// Bail if the setting is not enabled
-	if !auth.enabled {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
+	return auth.enabled
 }
 
 // HasHeader checks if the we have specified header
 func (auth *AuthProxy) HasHeader() bool {
-	if len(auth.header) == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
+	return len(auth.header) != 0
 }
 
 // IsAllowedIP compares presented IP with the whitelist one
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/discord.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/discord.go
index 9933ad5e587..f85fa7f785e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/discord.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/discord.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (this *DiscordNotifier) embedImage(cmd *models.SendWebhookSync, imagePath s
 
 	w.Close()
 
-	cmd.Body = string(b.Bytes())
+	cmd.Body = b.String()
 	cmd.ContentType = w.FormDataContentType()
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/victorops.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/victorops.go
index b1fd78d8df3..c118d811b9c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/victorops.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/victorops.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (vn *VictoropsNotifier) Notify(evalContext *alerting.EvalContext) error {
 		messageType = alertStateRecovery
 	}
 
-	fields := make(map[string]interface{}, 0)
+	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
 	fieldLimitCount := 4
 	for index, evt := range evalContext.EvalMatches {
 		fields[evt.Metric] = evt.Value
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/login_attempt.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/login_attempt.go
index fe77dd7e914..a9adbca5bfe 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/login_attempt.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/login_attempt.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func DeleteOldLoginAttempts(cmd *m.DeleteOldLoginAttemptsCommand) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
+		// nolint: gosimple
 		if result == nil || len(result) == 0 || result[0] == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/backend-lint.sh b/scripts/backend-lint.sh
index b447071efa0..6e7305364fd 100755
--- a/scripts/backend-lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/backend-lint.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ exit_if_fail gometalinter --enable-gc --vendor --deadline 10m --disable-all \
 exit_if_fail golangci-lint run --deadline 10m --disable-all \
   --enable=deadcode\
   --enable=gofmt\
+  --enable=gosimple\
   --enable=ineffassign\
   --enable=structcheck\
   --enable=unconvert\