diff --git a/blockchain/fullblocktests/generate.go b/blockchain/fullblocktests/generate.go
index 5a265013..d14559d0 100644
--- a/blockchain/fullblocktests/generate.go
+++ b/blockchain/fullblocktests/generate.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func uniqueOpReturnScript() []byte {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	data := make([]byte, 8, 8)
+	data := make([]byte, 8)
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(data[0:8], rand)
 	return opReturnScript(data)
 }
diff --git a/blockchain/validate.go b/blockchain/validate.go
index e4939303..7980cc5a 100644
--- a/blockchain/validate.go
+++ b/blockchain/validate.go
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ func ExtractCoinbaseHeight(coinbaseTx *btcutil.Tx) (int32, error) {
 		return 0, ruleError(ErrMissingCoinbaseHeight, str)
 	}
 
-	serializedHeightBytes := make([]byte, 8, 8)
+	serializedHeightBytes := make([]byte, 8)
 	copy(serializedHeightBytes, sigScript[1:serializedLen+1])
 	serializedHeight := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(serializedHeightBytes)
 
diff --git a/btcec/signature.go b/btcec/signature.go
index 9b276520..21826f22 100644
--- a/btcec/signature.go
+++ b/btcec/signature.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (sig *Signature) Serialize() []byte {
 	// total length of returned signature is 1 byte for each magic and
 	// length (6 total), plus lengths of r and s
 	length := 6 + len(rb) + len(sb)
-	b := make([]byte, length, length)
+	b := make([]byte, length)
 
 	b[0] = 0x30
 	b[1] = byte(length - 2)
diff --git a/goclean.sh b/goclean.sh
index 4e41e7e5..53d84f5e 100755
--- a/goclean.sh
+++ b/goclean.sh
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ fi
 linter_targets=$(glide novendor)
 
 # Automatic checks
-test -z "$(gometalinter --disable-all \
+test -z "$(gometalinter -j 4 --disable-all \
 --enable=gofmt \
 --enable=golint \
 --enable=vet \
 --enable=gosimple \
 --enable=unconvert \
---deadline=4m $linter_targets 2>&1 | grep -v 'ALL_CAPS\|OP_' 2>&1 | tee /dev/stderr)"
+--deadline=10m $linter_targets 2>&1 | grep -v 'ALL_CAPS\|OP_' 2>&1 | tee /dev/stderr)"
 env GORACE="halt_on_error=1" go test -race -tags rpctest $linter_targets
 
 # Run test coverage on each subdirectories and merge the coverage profile.
diff --git a/mining/cpuminer/cpuminer.go b/mining/cpuminer/cpuminer.go
index 553f5921..3d5b3b19 100644
--- a/mining/cpuminer/cpuminer.go
+++ b/mining/cpuminer/cpuminer.go
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ func (m *CPUMiner) GenerateNBlocks(n uint32) ([]*chainhash.Hash, error) {
 	log.Tracef("Generating %d blocks", n)
 
 	i := uint32(0)
-	blockHashes := make([]*chainhash.Hash, n, n)
+	blockHashes := make([]*chainhash.Hash, n)
 
 	// Start a ticker which is used to signal checks for stale work and
 	// updates to the speed monitor.
diff --git a/txscript/stack.go b/txscript/stack.go
index cea20462..eb1d8cfd 100644
--- a/txscript/stack.go
+++ b/txscript/stack.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (s *stack) nipN(idx int32) ([]byte, error) {
 	if idx == 0 {
 		s.stk = s.stk[:sz-1]
 	} else if idx == sz-1 {
-		s1 := make([][]byte, sz-1, sz-1)
+		s1 := make([][]byte, sz-1)
 		copy(s1, s.stk[1:])
 		s.stk = s1
 	} else {
diff --git a/wire/fixedIO_test.go b/wire/fixedIO_test.go
index 0bb69824..731c4638 100644
--- a/wire/fixedIO_test.go
+++ b/wire/fixedIO_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (w *fixedWriter) Bytes() []byte {
 // newFixedWriter returns a new io.Writer that will error once more bytes than
 // the specified max have been written.
 func newFixedWriter(max int) io.Writer {
-	b := make([]byte, max, max)
+	b := make([]byte, max)
 	fw := fixedWriter{b, 0}
 	return &fw
 }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (fr *fixedReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 // newFixedReader returns a new io.Reader that will error once more bytes than
 // the specified max have been read.
 func newFixedReader(max int, buf []byte) io.Reader {
-	b := make([]byte, max, max)
+	b := make([]byte, max)
 	if buf != nil {
 		copy(b[:], buf)
 	}
diff --git a/wire/msgtx.go b/wire/msgtx.go
index 899cf6a5..c4a8b320 100644
--- a/wire/msgtx.go
+++ b/wire/msgtx.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ type scriptFreeList chan []byte
 // ignored and allowed to go the garbage collector.
 func (c scriptFreeList) Borrow(size uint64) []byte {
 	if size > freeListMaxScriptSize {
-		return make([]byte, size, size)
+		return make([]byte, size)
 	}
 
 	var buf []byte
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (msg *MsgTx) Copy() *MsgTx {
 		oldScript := oldTxIn.SignatureScript
 		oldScriptLen := len(oldScript)
 		if oldScriptLen > 0 {
-			newScript = make([]byte, oldScriptLen, oldScriptLen)
+			newScript = make([]byte, oldScriptLen)
 			copy(newScript, oldScript[:oldScriptLen])
 		}
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func (msg *MsgTx) Copy() *MsgTx {
 		oldScript := oldTxOut.PkScript
 		oldScriptLen := len(oldScript)
 		if oldScriptLen > 0 {
-			newScript = make([]byte, oldScriptLen, oldScriptLen)
+			newScript = make([]byte, oldScriptLen)
 			copy(newScript, oldScript[:oldScriptLen])
 		}