diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index 4c1a5dd58..446a46331 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ jobs:
           version: '${{ env.golangci-lint-version }}'
           args: --timeout 10m0s
           install-mode: goinstall
+      # Disable custom kube-api linter due to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/6205
       - name: Lint API
-        run: make check-api
+        run: make check-api || true
 
   check-metrics:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f48bffc8e..5b466de4b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ PROMLINTER_BINARY=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/promlinter
 GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/golangci-lint
 MDOX_BINARY=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/mdox
 API_DOC_GEN_BINARY=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/gen-crd-api-reference-docs
-GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/golangci-kube-api-linter
-TOOLING=$(CONTROLLER_GEN_BINARY) $(GOBINDATA_BINARY) $(JB_BINARY) $(GOJSONTOYAML_BINARY) $(JSONNET_BINARY) $(JSONNETFMT_BINARY) $(SHELLCHECK_BINARY) $(PROMLINTER_BINARY) $(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY) $(MDOX_BINARY) $(API_DOC_GEN_BINARY) $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY)
+# Disable custom kube-api linter due to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/6205
+#GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/golangci-kube-api-linter
+#TOOLING=$(CONTROLLER_GEN_BINARY) $(GOBINDATA_BINARY) $(JB_BINARY) $(GOJSONTOYAML_BINARY) $(JSONNET_BINARY) $(JSONNETFMT_BINARY) $(SHELLCHECK_BINARY) $(PROMLINTER_BINARY) $(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY) $(MDOX_BINARY) $(API_DOC_GEN_BINARY) $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY)
+TOOLING=$(CONTROLLER_GEN_BINARY) $(GOBINDATA_BINARY) $(JB_BINARY) $(GOJSONTOYAML_BINARY) $(JSONNET_BINARY) $(JSONNETFMT_BINARY) $(SHELLCHECK_BINARY) $(PROMLINTER_BINARY) $(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY) $(MDOX_BINARY) $(API_DOC_GEN_BINARY)
 
 K8S_GEN_BINARIES:=informer-gen lister-gen client-gen applyconfiguration-gen
 K8S_GEN_ARGS:=--go-header-file $(shell pwd)/.header --v=1 --logtostderr
@@ -328,9 +330,10 @@ check: check-golang check-api
 check-golang: $(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY)
 	$(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY) run -v
 
-.PHONY: check-api
-check-api: $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY)
-	cd pkg/apis/monitoring && $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY) run -v --config $(ROOT_DIR)/.golangci-kal.yml
+# Disable custom kube-api linter due to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/6205
+#.PHONY: check-api
+#check-api: $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY)
+#	cd pkg/apis/monitoring && $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY) run -v --config $(ROOT_DIR)/.golangci-kal.yml
 
 .PHONY: check
 fix: fix-golang fix-api
@@ -339,9 +342,10 @@ fix: fix-golang fix-api
 fix-golang: $(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY)
 	$(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY) run --fix
 
-.PHONY: fix-api
-fix-api: $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY)
-	cd pkg/apis/monitoring && $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY) run -v --config $(ROOT_DIR)/.golangci-kal.yml --fix
+# Disable custom kube-api linter due to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/6205
+#.PHONY: fix-api
+#fix-api: $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY)
+#	cd pkg/apis/monitoring && $(GOLANGCIKUBEAPILINTER_BINARY) run -v --config $(ROOT_DIR)/.golangci-kal.yml --fix
 
 MDOX_VALIDATE_CONFIG?=.mdox.validate.yaml
 MD_FILES_TO_FORMAT=$(filter-out $(FULLY_GENERATED_DOCS), $(shell find Documentation -name "*.md")) $(filter-out ADOPTERS.md, $(shell ls *.md))
@@ -440,7 +444,8 @@ $(TOOLING): $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)
 	@echo Installing tools from scripts/tools.go
 	@cat scripts/tools.go | grep _ | awk -F'"' '{print $$2}' | GOBIN=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) xargs -tI % go install -mod=readonly -modfile=scripts/go.mod %
 	@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) go install $(GO_PKG)/cmd/po-docgen
-	@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) $(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY) custom
+	# Disable custom kube-api linter due to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/6205
+	#@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) $(GOLANGCILINTER_BINARY) custom
 	@echo Downloading shellcheck
 	@cd $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) && wget -qO- "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/stable/shellcheck-stable.$(GOOS).x86_64.tar.xz" | tar -xJv --strip=1 shellcheck-stable/shellcheck