diff --git a/R/lint.R b/R/lint.R
index 601676f8a..970b2faf8 100644
--- a/R/lint.R
+++ b/R/lint.R
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ lint_dir <- function(path = ".", ...,
   } else {
     lints <- lapply(
       files,
-      function(file) {
+      function(file) { # nolint: unnecessary_lambda_linter.
         lint(file, ..., parse_settings = FALSE, exclusions = exclusions)
       }
     )