diff --git a/lint.go b/lint.go
index f98d9b9..ab6433a 100644
--- a/lint.go
+++ b/lint.go
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
 	f.lintErrorStrings()
 	f.lintReceiverNames()
 	f.lintIncDec()
-	f.lintMake()
 	f.lintErrorReturn()
 	f.lintUnexportedReturn()
 	f.lintTimeNames()
@@ -1273,35 +1272,6 @@
 	})
 }
 
-// lintMake examines statements that declare and initialize a variable with make.
-// It complains if they are constructing a zero element slice.
-func (f *file) lintMake() {
-	f.walk(func(n ast.Node) bool {
-		as, ok := n.(*ast.AssignStmt)
-		if !ok {
-			return true
-		}
-		// Only want single var := assignment statements.
-		if len(as.Lhs) != 1 || as.Tok != token.DEFINE {
-			return true
-		}
-		ce, ok := as.Rhs[0].(*ast.CallExpr)
-		if !ok {
-			return true
-		}
-		// Check if ce is make([]T, 0).
-		if !isIdent(ce.Fun, "make") || len(ce.Args) != 2 || !isZero(ce.Args[1]) {
-			return true
-		}
-		at, ok := ce.Args[0].(*ast.ArrayType)
-		if !ok || at.Len != nil {
-			return true
-		}
-		f.errorf(as, 0.8, category("slice"), `can probably use "var %s %s" instead`, f.render(as.Lhs[0]), f.render(at))
-		return true
-	})
-}
-
 // lintErrorReturn examines function declarations that return an error.
 // It complains if the error isn't the last parameter.
 func (f *file) lintErrorReturn() {
diff --git a/testdata/make.go b/testdata/make.go
deleted file mode 100644
index eb5362a..0000000
--- a/testdata/make.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Test for pointless make() calls.
-
-// Package pkg ...
-package pkg
-
-import "net/http"
-
-// T is a test type.
-type T int
-
-var z []T
-
-func f() {
-	x := make([]T, 0)            // MATCH /var x \[\]T/
-	y := make([]http.Request, 0) // MATCH /var y \[\]http\.Request/
-	z = make([]T, 0)             // ok, because we don't know where z is declared
-
-	_, _ = x, y
-}