diff --git a/.golangci.next.reference.yml b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
index 5b29e6e57775..4e32e784a3a4 100644
--- a/.golangci.next.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
@@ -366,10 +366,6 @@ formatters:
       # Default: false
       no-prefix-comments: true
 
-      # Skip generated files.
-      # Default: true
-      skip-generated: false
-
       # Enable custom order of sections.
       # If `true`, make the section order the same as the order of `sections`.
       # Default: false
@@ -438,9 +434,6 @@ linters-settings:
     # See the default value of `exclude` to get the builtin exclusions.
     # Default: true
     use-builtin-exclusions: false
-    # Ignore *_test.go files.
-    # Default: false
-    ignore-test: true
 
   bidichk:
     # The following configurations check for all mentioned invisible Unicode runes.
@@ -468,9 +461,6 @@ linters-settings:
     # If it's higher than 0.0 (float) the check is enabled
     # Default: 0.0
     package-average: 0.5
-    # Should ignore tests.
-    # Default: false
-    skip-tests: true
 
   decorder:
     # Required order of `type`, `const`, `var` and `func` declarations inside a file.
@@ -655,9 +645,6 @@ linters-settings:
     check:
       - switch
       - map
-    # Check switch statements in generated files also.
-    # Default: false
-    check-generated: true
     # Presence of "default" case in switch statements satisfies exhaustiveness,
     # even if all enum members are not listed.
     # Default: false
@@ -817,9 +804,6 @@ linters-settings:
     # Minimum occurrences of constant string count to trigger issue.
     # Default: 3
     min-occurrences: 2
-    # Ignore test files.
-    # Default: false
-    ignore-tests: true
     # Look for existing constants matching the values.
     # Default: true
     match-constant: false
@@ -1733,10 +1717,6 @@ linters-settings:
       - G601 # Implicit memory aliasing of items from a range statement
       - G602 # Slice access out of bounds
 
-    # Exclude generated files
-    # Default: false
-    exclude-generated: true
-
     # Filter out the issues with a lower severity than the given value.
     # Valid options are: low, medium, high.
     # Default: low
@@ -1843,10 +1823,6 @@ linters-settings:
       - 'example.com/your/project/i18n/markers.OK'
       - 'example.com/your/project/i18n/markers.TODO'
       - 'command-line-arguments.Simple'
-    # Ignore test files.
-    #
-    # Default: true
-    ignore-tests: false
     # List of Unicode scripts to watch for any usage in string literals.
     # https://pkg.go.dev/unicode#pkg-variables
     #
@@ -2462,11 +2438,6 @@ linters-settings:
     # Defaults to unlimited.
     max-open-files: 2048
 
-    # When set to false, ignores files with "GENERATED" header, similar to golint.
-    # See https://github.com/mgechev/revive#configuration for details.
-    # Default: false
-    ignore-generated-header: true
-
     # Sets the default severity.
     # See https://github.com/mgechev/revive#configuration
     # Default: warning
@@ -4238,10 +4209,6 @@ severity:
   # Default: ""
   default: error
 
-  # If set to true `severity-rules` regular expressions become case-sensitive.
-  # Default: false
-  case-sensitive: true
-
   # When a list of severity rules are provided, severity information will be added to lint issues.
   # Severity rules have the same filtering capability as exclude rules
   # except you are allowed to specify one matcher per severity rule.
diff --git a/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json b/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
index 100acc262e25..6e8891ac8020 100644
--- a/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
+++ b/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
@@ -526,11 +526,6 @@
               "description": "To enable/disable the asasalint builtin exclusions of function names.",
               "type": "boolean",
               "default": true
-            },
-            "ignore-test": {
-              "description": "Ignore *_test.go files.",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": false
             }
           }
         },
@@ -589,11 +584,6 @@
           "type": "object",
           "additionalProperties": false,
           "properties": {
-            "skip-tests": {
-              "description": "Should the linter execute on test files as well",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": false
-            },
             "max-complexity": {
               "description": "Max complexity the function can have",
               "type": "integer",
@@ -852,11 +842,6 @@
                 "examples": ["switch", "map"]
               }
             },
-            "check-generated": {
-              "description": "Check switch statements in generated files",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": false
-            },
             "explicit-exhaustive-switch": {
               "description": "Only run exhaustive check on switches with \"//exhaustive:enforce\" comment.",
               "type": "boolean",
@@ -1010,11 +995,6 @@
               },
               "default": ["standard", "default"]
             },
-            "skip-generated": {
-              "description": "Skip generated files.",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": true
-            },
             "no-inline-comments": {
               "description": "Checks that no inline Comments are present.",
               "type": "boolean",
@@ -1149,11 +1129,6 @@
               "type": "integer",
               "default": 3
             },
-            "ignore-tests": {
-              "description": "Ignore test files.",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": false
-            },
             "ignore-calls": {
               "description": "Ignore when constant is not used as function argument",
               "type": "boolean",
@@ -1767,11 +1742,6 @@
                 "$ref": "#/definitions/gosec-rules"
               }
             },
-            "exclude-generated": {
-              "description": "Exclude generated files",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": false
-            },
             "severity": {
               "description": "Filter out the issues with a lower severity than the given value",
               "type": "string",
@@ -1810,11 +1780,6 @@
                 "type": "string"
               }
             },
-            "ignore-tests": {
-              "description": "Ignore test files.",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": false
-            },
             "watch-for-scripts": {
               "description": "List of Unicode scripts to watch for any usage in string literals.",
               "type": "array",
@@ -2541,9 +2506,6 @@
             "max-open-files": {
               "type": "integer"
             },
-            "ignore-generated-header": {
-              "type": "boolean"
-            },
             "confidence": {
               "type": "number"
             },
@@ -4422,11 +4384,6 @@
           "type": "string",
           "default": ""
         },
-        "case-sensitive": {
-          "description": "If set to true, severity-rules regular expressions become case sensitive.",
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "default": false
-        },
         "rules": {
           "description": "When a list of severity rules are provided, severity information will be added to lint issues. Severity rules have the same filtering capability as exclude rules except you are allowed to specify one matcher per severity rule.\nOnly affects out formats that support setting severity information.",
           "type": "array",
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 82fea90e3a94..bc11207bcb66 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 	},
 	Exhaustive: ExhaustiveSettings{
 		Check:                      []string{"switch"},
-		CheckGenerated:             false,
 		DefaultSignifiesExhaustive: false,
 		IgnoreEnumMembers:          "",
 		PackageScopeOnly:           false,
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 	Gosmopolitan: GosmopolitanSettings{
 		AllowTimeLocal:  false,
 		EscapeHatches:   []string{},
-		IgnoreTests:     true,
 		WatchForScripts: []string{"Han"},
 	},
 	Inamedparam: INamedParamSettings{
@@ -304,7 +302,6 @@ func (s *LintersSettings) Validate() error {
 type AsasalintSettings struct {
 	Exclude              []string `mapstructure:"exclude"`
 	UseBuiltinExclusions bool     `mapstructure:"use-builtin-exclusions"`
-	IgnoreTest           bool     `mapstructure:"ignore-test"`
 }
 
 type BiDiChkSettings struct {
@@ -326,7 +323,6 @@ type CopyLoopVarSettings struct {
 type Cyclop struct {
 	MaxComplexity  int     `mapstructure:"max-complexity"`
 	PackageAverage float64 `mapstructure:"package-average"`
-	SkipTests      bool    `mapstructure:"skip-tests"`
 }
 
 type DepGuardSettings struct {
@@ -397,7 +393,6 @@ type ErrorLintAllowPair struct {
 
 type ExhaustiveSettings struct {
 	Check                      []string `mapstructure:"check"`
-	CheckGenerated             bool     `mapstructure:"check-generated"`
 	DefaultSignifiesExhaustive bool     `mapstructure:"default-signifies-exhaustive"`
 	IgnoreEnumMembers          string   `mapstructure:"ignore-enum-members"`
 	IgnoreEnumTypes            string   `mapstructure:"ignore-enum-types"`
@@ -460,7 +455,6 @@ type GocognitSettings struct {
 
 type GoConstSettings struct {
 	IgnoreStrings       string `mapstructure:"ignore-strings"`
-	IgnoreTests         bool   `mapstructure:"ignore-tests"`
 	MatchWithConstants  bool   `mapstructure:"match-constant"`
 	MinStringLen        int    `mapstructure:"min-len"`
 	MinOccurrencesCount int    `mapstructure:"min-occurrences"`
@@ -535,19 +529,17 @@ type GoModGuardSettings struct {
 }
 
 type GoSecSettings struct {
-	Includes         []string       `mapstructure:"includes"`
-	Excludes         []string       `mapstructure:"excludes"`
-	Severity         string         `mapstructure:"severity"`
-	Confidence       string         `mapstructure:"confidence"`
-	ExcludeGenerated bool           `mapstructure:"exclude-generated"`
-	Config           map[string]any `mapstructure:"config"`
-	Concurrency      int            `mapstructure:"concurrency"`
+	Includes    []string       `mapstructure:"includes"`
+	Excludes    []string       `mapstructure:"excludes"`
+	Severity    string         `mapstructure:"severity"`
+	Confidence  string         `mapstructure:"confidence"`
+	Config      map[string]any `mapstructure:"config"`
+	Concurrency int            `mapstructure:"concurrency"`
 }
 
 type GosmopolitanSettings struct {
 	AllowTimeLocal  bool     `mapstructure:"allow-time-local"`
 	EscapeHatches   []string `mapstructure:"escape-hatches"`
-	IgnoreTests     bool     `mapstructure:"ignore-tests"`
 	WatchForScripts []string `mapstructure:"watch-for-scripts"`
 }
 
@@ -749,13 +741,12 @@ type RecvcheckSettings struct {
 }
 
 type ReviveSettings struct {
-	Go                    string  `mapstructure:"-"`
-	MaxOpenFiles          int     `mapstructure:"max-open-files"`
-	IgnoreGeneratedHeader bool    `mapstructure:"ignore-generated-header"`
-	Confidence            float64 `mapstructure:"confidence"`
-	Severity              string  `mapstructure:"severity"`
-	EnableAllRules        bool    `mapstructure:"enable-all-rules"`
-	Rules                 []struct {
+	Go             string  `mapstructure:"-"`
+	MaxOpenFiles   int     `mapstructure:"max-open-files"`
+	Confidence     float64 `mapstructure:"confidence"`
+	Severity       string  `mapstructure:"severity"`
+	EnableAllRules bool    `mapstructure:"enable-all-rules"`
+	Rules          []struct {
 		Name      string   `mapstructure:"name"`
 		Arguments []any    `mapstructure:"arguments"`
 		Severity  string   `mapstructure:"severity"`
diff --git a/pkg/config/severity.go b/pkg/config/severity.go
index fd090932f049..f41e17b11b2b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/severity.go
+++ b/pkg/config/severity.go
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import (
 const severityRuleMinConditionsCount = 1
 
 type Severity struct {
-	Default       string         `mapstructure:"default"`
-	CaseSensitive bool           `mapstructure:"case-sensitive"`
-	Rules         []SeverityRule `mapstructure:"rules"`
+	Default string         `mapstructure:"default"`
+	Rules   []SeverityRule `mapstructure:"rules"`
 }
 
 func (s *Severity) Validate() error {
diff --git a/pkg/goformatters/gci/gci.go b/pkg/goformatters/gci/gci.go
index 76e8186cc960..4b8c19c29004 100644
--- a/pkg/goformatters/gci/gci.go
+++ b/pkg/goformatters/gci/gci.go
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ func New(settings *config.GciSettings) (*Formatter, error) {
 		Cfg: gcicfg.BoolConfig{
 			NoInlineComments: settings.NoInlineComments,
 			NoPrefixComments: settings.NoPrefixComments,
-			SkipGenerated:    settings.SkipGenerated,
 			CustomOrder:      settings.CustomOrder,
 			NoLexOrder:       settings.NoLexOrder,
+
+			// Should be managed with `formatters.exclusions.generated`.
+			SkipGenerated: false,
 		},
 		SectionStrings: settings.Sections,
 		ModPath:        modPath,
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/asasalint/asasalint.go b/pkg/golinters/asasalint/asasalint.go
index ccc58fee40a5..ade349610a46 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/asasalint/asasalint.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/asasalint/asasalint.go
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ func New(settings *config.AsasalintSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 	if settings != nil {
 		cfg.Exclude = settings.Exclude
 		cfg.NoBuiltinExclusions = !settings.UseBuiltinExclusions
-		cfg.IgnoreTest = settings.IgnoreTest
+
+		// Should be managed with `linters.exclusions.rules`.
+		cfg.IgnoreTest = false
 	}
 
 	a, err := asasalint.NewAnalyzer(cfg)
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go b/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go
index 772b5601ca71..3f46860c30cd 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ func New(settings *config.Cyclop) *goanalysis.Linter {
 	var cfg map[string]map[string]any
 	if settings != nil {
 		d := map[string]any{
-			"skipTests": settings.SkipTests,
+			// Should be managed with `linters.exclusions.rules`.
+			"skipTests": false,
 		}
 
 		if settings.MaxComplexity != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/exhaustive/exhaustive.go b/pkg/golinters/exhaustive/exhaustive.go
index 9249efb69a38..1e73bc274d81 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/exhaustive/exhaustive.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/exhaustive/exhaustive.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ func New(settings *config.ExhaustiveSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 		cfg = map[string]map[string]any{
 			a.Name: {
 				exhaustive.CheckFlag:                      settings.Check,
-				exhaustive.CheckGeneratedFlag:             settings.CheckGenerated,
 				exhaustive.DefaultSignifiesExhaustiveFlag: settings.DefaultSignifiesExhaustive,
 				exhaustive.IgnoreEnumMembersFlag:          settings.IgnoreEnumMembers,
 				exhaustive.IgnoreEnumTypesFlag:            settings.IgnoreEnumTypes,
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ func New(settings *config.ExhaustiveSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 				exhaustive.ExplicitExhaustiveMapFlag:      settings.ExplicitExhaustiveMap,
 				exhaustive.ExplicitExhaustiveSwitchFlag:   settings.ExplicitExhaustiveSwitch,
 				exhaustive.DefaultCaseRequiredFlag:        settings.DefaultCaseRequired,
+				// Should be managed with `linters.exclusions.generated`.
+				exhaustive.CheckGeneratedFlag: true,
 			},
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/goconst/goconst.go b/pkg/golinters/goconst/goconst.go
index 07bed301f328..11a8cd50c264 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/goconst/goconst.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/goconst/goconst.go
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ func New(settings *config.GoConstSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 func runGoconst(pass *analysis.Pass, settings *config.GoConstSettings) ([]goanalysis.Issue, error) {
 	cfg := goconstAPI.Config{
 		IgnoreStrings:      settings.IgnoreStrings,
-		IgnoreTests:        settings.IgnoreTests,
 		MatchWithConstants: settings.MatchWithConstants,
 		MinStringLength:    settings.MinStringLen,
 		MinOccurrences:     settings.MinOccurrencesCount,
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@ func runGoconst(pass *analysis.Pass, settings *config.GoConstSettings) ([]goanal
 		NumberMin:          settings.NumberMin,
 		NumberMax:          settings.NumberMax,
 		ExcludeTypes:       map[goconstAPI.Type]bool{},
+
+		// Should be managed with `linters.exclusions.rules`.
+		IgnoreTests: false,
 	}
 
 	if settings.IgnoreCalls {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_dont_ignore.yml b/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_dont_ignore.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2abf80ec968..000000000000
--- a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_dont_ignore.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-version: "2"
-
-linters-settings:
-  goconst:
-    ignore-tests: false
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_dont_ignore_test.go b/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_dont_ignore_test.go
index 5c31cce3741c..8133d12a6913 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_dont_ignore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_dont_ignore_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //golangcitest:args -Egoconst
-//golangcitest:config_path testdata/goconst_dont_ignore.yml
 package testdata
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_ignore.yml b/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_ignore.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bfb70d3a9cb7..000000000000
--- a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_ignore.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-version: "2"
-
-linters-settings:
-  goconst:
-    ignore-tests: true
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_ignore_test.go b/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_ignore_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 549e9cc7b868..000000000000
--- a/pkg/golinters/goconst/testdata/goconst_ignore_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-//golangcitest:args -Egoconst
-//golangcitest:config_path testdata/goconst_ignore.yml
-//golangcitest:expected_exitcode 0
-package testdata
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestGoConstA(t *testing.T) {
-	a := "needconst"
-	fmt.Print(a)
-	b := "needconst"
-	fmt.Print(b)
-	c := "needconst"
-	fmt.Print(c)
-}
-
-func TestGoConstB(t *testing.T) {
-	a := "needconst"
-	fmt.Print(a)
-	b := "needconst"
-	fmt.Print(b)
-}
-
-const AlreadyHasConst = "alreadyhasconst"
-
-func TestGoConstC(t *testing.T) {
-	a := "alreadyhasconst"
-	fmt.Print(a)
-	b := "alreadyhasconst"
-	fmt.Print(b)
-	c := "alreadyhasconst"
-	fmt.Print(c)
-	fmt.Print("alreadyhasconst")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosec/gosec.go b/pkg/golinters/gosec/gosec.go
index 6b46beaccfe4..148fd9426888 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gosec/gosec.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gosec/gosec.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func New(settings *config.GoSecSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 	).WithContextSetter(func(lintCtx *linter.Context) {
 		analyzer.Run = func(pass *analysis.Pass) (any, error) {
 			// The `gosecAnalyzer` is here because of concurrency issue.
-			gosecAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(conf, true, settings.ExcludeGenerated, false, settings.Concurrency, logger)
+			gosecAnalyzer := gosec.NewAnalyzer(conf, true, false, false, settings.Concurrency, logger)
 
 			gosecAnalyzer.LoadRules(ruleDefinitions.RulesInfo())
 			gosecAnalyzer.LoadAnalyzers(analyzerDefinitions.AnalyzersInfo())
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/gosmopolitan.go b/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/gosmopolitan.go
index bf9b19f1292b..0b91515d5282 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/gosmopolitan.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/gosmopolitan.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ func New(settings *config.GosmopolitanSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 		cfg[a.Name] = map[string]any{
 			"allowtimelocal":  settings.AllowTimeLocal,
 			"escapehatches":   strings.Join(settings.EscapeHatches, ","),
-			"lookattests":     !settings.IgnoreTests,
 			"watchforscripts": strings.Join(settings.WatchForScripts, ","),
+
+			// Should be managed with `linters.exclusions.rules`.
+			"lookattests": true,
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_test.go b/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_test.go
index 5a347af10a33..2c25ba6e0a02 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //golangcitest:args -Egosmopolitan
-//golangcitest:config_path testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_tests.yml
 package testdata
 
 import (
@@ -8,5 +7,5 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	_ = "开启检查测试文件" // want `string literal contains rune in Han script`
-	_ = time.Local // want `usage of time.Local`
+	_ = time.Local         // want `usage of time.Local`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_tests.yml b/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 26605e957b05..000000000000
--- a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_dont_ignore_tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-version: "2"
-
-linters-settings:
-  gosmopolitan:
-    ignore-tests: false
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_ignore_test.go b/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_ignore_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6972c1359335..000000000000
--- a/pkg/golinters/gosmopolitan/testdata/gosmopolitan_ignore_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-//golangcitest:args -Egosmopolitan
-//golangcitest:expected_exitcode 0
-package testdata
-
-import (
-	"time"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	_ = "默认不检查测试文件"
-	_ = time.Local
-}
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/perfsprint/perfsprint.go b/pkg/golinters/perfsprint/perfsprint.go
index c34f7e4c629a..c0ea235dcaee 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/perfsprint/perfsprint.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/perfsprint/perfsprint.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ func New(settings *config.PerfSprintSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 	}
 
 	if settings != nil {
+		// NOTE: The option `ignore-tests` is not handled because it should be managed with `linters.exclusions.rules`
+
 		cfg[a.Name]["integer-format"] = settings.IntegerFormat
 		cfg[a.Name]["int-conversion"] = settings.IntConversion
 
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/revive/revive.go b/pkg/golinters/revive/revive.go
index 460281287fe6..1a6b44787a9b 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/revive/revive.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/revive/revive.go
@@ -248,12 +248,14 @@ func getConfig(cfg *config.ReviveSettings) (*lint.Config, error) {
 
 func createConfigMap(cfg *config.ReviveSettings) map[string]any {
 	rawRoot := map[string]any{
-		"ignoreGeneratedHeader": cfg.IgnoreGeneratedHeader,
-		"confidence":            cfg.Confidence,
-		"severity":              cfg.Severity,
-		"errorCode":             cfg.ErrorCode,
-		"warningCode":           cfg.WarningCode,
-		"enableAllRules":        cfg.EnableAllRules,
+		"confidence":     cfg.Confidence,
+		"severity":       cfg.Severity,
+		"errorCode":      cfg.ErrorCode,
+		"warningCode":    cfg.WarningCode,
+		"enableAllRules": cfg.EnableAllRules,
+
+		// Should be managed with `linters.exclusions.generated`.
+		"ignoreGeneratedHeader": false,
 	}
 
 	rawDirectives := map[string]map[string]any{}
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive-fix.yml b/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive-fix.yml
index 0bdce293d714..22e9b9c00d39 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive-fix.yml
+++ b/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive-fix.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ version: "2"
 
 linters-settings:
   revive:
-    ignore-generated-header: true
     severity: warning
     rules:
       - name: errorf
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive.yml b/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive.yml
index 0a901a6396a3..df281780ac08 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive.yml
+++ b/pkg/golinters/revive/testdata/revive.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ version: "2"
 
 linters-settings:
   revive:
-    ignore-generated-header: true
     severity: warning
     rules:
       - name: exported
diff --git a/pkg/result/processors/base_rule.go b/pkg/result/processors/base_rule.go
index 72dc202847d4..6fb15597096b 100644
--- a/pkg/result/processors/base_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/result/processors/base_rule.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/result"
 )
 
-const caseInsensitivePrefix = "(?i)"
-
 type baseRule struct {
 	text       *regexp.Regexp
 	source     *regexp.Regexp
diff --git a/pkg/result/processors/severity.go b/pkg/result/processors/severity.go
index 2dacf663874d..4c9a978b055b 100644
--- a/pkg/result/processors/severity.go
+++ b/pkg/result/processors/severity.go
@@ -36,13 +36,7 @@ func NewSeverity(log logutils.Log, files *fsutils.Files, cfg *config.Severity) *
 		defaultSeverity: cfg.Default,
 	}
 
-	prefix := caseInsensitivePrefix
-	if cfg.CaseSensitive {
-		prefix = ""
-		p.name = "severity-rules-case-sensitive"
-	}
-
-	p.rules = parseRules(cfg.Rules, prefix, newSeverityRule)
+	p.rules = parseRules(cfg.Rules, "", newSeverityRule)
 
 	return p
 }
diff --git a/pkg/result/processors/severity_test.go b/pkg/result/processors/severity_test.go
index 54bafdd16b5c..b5c36700c76e 100644
--- a/pkg/result/processors/severity_test.go
+++ b/pkg/result/processors/severity_test.go
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ func TestSeverity_caseSensitive(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		CaseSensitive: true,
 	}
 
 	p := NewSeverity(nil, files, opts)