revert unrelated changes

Author: medyagh

Makefile

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RPM_VERSION ?= $(DEB_VERSION)
 RPM_REVISION ?= 0
 
 # used by hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh and KVM_BUILD_IMAGE, see also BUILD_IMAGE below
+# update this only by running `make update-golang-version`
 GO_VERSION ?= 1.16.7
 
 # replace "x.y.0" => "x.y". kube-cross and golang.org/dl use different formats for x.y.0 go versions
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ MINIKUBE_UPLOAD_LOCATION := gs://${MINIKUBE_BUCKET}
 MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.182
-# latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
+# latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases 
+# update this only by running `make update-golint-version`
 GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.41.1
 # Limit number of default jobs, to avoid the CI builds running out of memory
 GOLINT_JOBS ?= 4
@@ -973,6 +975,12 @@ update-kubernetes-version:
 	(cd hack/update/kubernetes_version && \
 	 go run update_kubernetes_version.go)
 
+.PHONY: update-golint-version
+update-golint-version:
+	(cd hack/update/golint_version && \
+	 go run update_golint_version.go)
+
+
 .PHONY: update-kubernetes-version-pr
 update-kubernetes-version-pr:
 ifndef GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -1003,4 +1011,4 @@ time-to-k8s-benchmark:
 .PHONY: update-gopogh-version
 update-gopogh-version: ## update gopogh version
 	(cd hack/update/gopogh_version && \
-	 go run update_gopogh_version.go)
+	 go run update_gopogh_version.go)