diff --git a/forms/record_upsert.go b/forms/record_upsert.go
index e00b4264..ba21e94c 100644
--- a/forms/record_upsert.go
+++ b/forms/record_upsert.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func (form *RecordUpsert) Submit() error {
 		}
 
 		// delete old files (if any)
-		if err := form.processFilesToDelete(); err != nil {
+		if err := form.processFilesToDelete(); err != nil { //nolint:staticcheck
 			// for now fail silently to avoid reupload when `form.Submit()`
 			// is called manually (aka. not from an api request)...
 		}
diff --git a/tools/hook/hook.go b/tools/hook/hook.go
index da88b8e9..c0fd40b3 100644
--- a/tools/hook/hook.go
+++ b/tools/hook/hook.go
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ func (h *Hook[T]) Reset() {
 // - any non-nil error is returned in one of the handlers
 func (h *Hook[T]) Trigger(data T, oneOffHandlers ...Handler[T]) error {
 	h.mux.Lock()
-	handlers := append(h.handlers, oneOffHandlers...)
-	h.mux.Unlock() // unlock is not deferred to avoid deadlocks when Trigger is called recursive in the handlers
+	handlers := append(h.handlers, oneOffHandlers...) //nolint:gocritic
+	// unlock is not deferred to avoid deadlocks when Trigger is called recursive by the handlers
+	h.mux.Unlock()
 
 	for _, fn := range handlers {
 		err := fn(data)
diff --git a/tools/inflector/inflector.go b/tools/inflector/inflector.go
index 6e39efaf..f4b45243 100644
--- a/tools/inflector/inflector.go
+++ b/tools/inflector/inflector.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 var columnifyRemoveRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`[^\w\.\*\-\_\@\#]+`)
 var snakecaseSplitRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`[\W_]+`)
-var usernamifySplitRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\W+`)
 
 // UcFirst converts the first character of a string into uppercase.
 func UcFirst(str string) string {
@@ -85,34 +84,3 @@ func Snakecase(str string) string {
 
 	return strings.ToLower(result.String())
 }
-
-// Usernamify generates a properly formatted username from the provided string.
-// Returns "unknown" if `str` is empty or contains only non word characters.
-//
-// ```go
-// Usernamify("John Doe,   hello") // "john.doe.hello"
-// ```
-func Usernamify(str string) string {
-	// split at any non word character
-	words := usernamifySplitRegex.Split(strings.ToLower(str), -1)
-
-	// concatenate any non empty word with a dot
-	var result strings.Builder
-	for _, word := range words {
-		if word == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if result.Len() > 0 {
-			result.WriteString(".")
-		}
-
-		result.WriteString(word)
-	}
-
-	if result.Len() == 0 {
-		return "unknown"
-	}
-
-	return result.String()
-}
diff --git a/tools/inflector/inflector_test.go b/tools/inflector/inflector_test.go
index 4a09e554..8a768ddb 100644
--- a/tools/inflector/inflector_test.go
+++ b/tools/inflector/inflector_test.go
@@ -128,26 +128,3 @@ func TestSnakecase(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestUsernamify(t *testing.T) {
-	scenarios := []struct {
-		val      string
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{"", "unknown"},
-		{"  ", "unknown"},
-		{"!@#$%^", "unknown"},
-		{"...", "unknown"},
-		{"_", "_"}, // underscore is valid word character
-		{"John Doe", "john.doe"},
-		{"John_Doe", "john_doe"},
-		{".a!b@c#d$e%123. ", "a.b.c.d.e.123"},
-		{"Hello,    world", "hello.world"},
-	}
-
-	for i, scenario := range scenarios {
-		if result := inflector.Usernamify(scenario.val); result != scenario.expected {
-			t.Errorf("(%d) Expected %q, got %q", i, scenario.expected, result)
-		}
-	}
-}