diff --git a/plugins/providers/bigquery/client.go b/plugins/providers/bigquery/client.go
index a7fd6dd52..94ac03c70 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/bigquery/client.go
+++ b/plugins/providers/bigquery/client.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ type bigQueryClient struct {
 
 func NewBigQueryClient(projectID string, opts ...option.ClientOption) (*bigQueryClient, error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-
 	client, err := bq.NewClient(ctx, projectID, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/plugins/providers/dataplex/client.go b/plugins/providers/dataplex/client.go
index 6c72c5329..628a88c11 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/dataplex/client.go
+++ b/plugins/providers/dataplex/client.go
@@ -21,14 +21,10 @@ type policyTagClient struct {
 
 func newPolicyTagClient(projectID, location string, credentialsJSON []byte) (*policyTagClient, error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	opts := []option.ClientOption{
-		option.WithCredentialsJSON(credentialsJSON),
-	}
-	policyManager, err := datacatalog.NewPolicyTagManagerClient(ctx, opts...)
+	policyManager, err := datacatalog.NewPolicyTagManagerClient(ctx, option.WithCredentialsJSON(credentialsJSON))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	return &policyTagClient{
 		policyManager:    policyManager,
 		projectId:        projectID,
diff --git a/plugins/providers/gate/provider.go b/plugins/providers/gate/provider.go
index 6ecf6c766..55637d2d1 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/gate/provider.go
+++ b/plugins/providers/gate/provider.go
@@ -277,12 +277,7 @@ func (p *provider) getClient(pc *domain.ProviderConfig) (*gate.Client, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt credentials: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	opts := []gate.ClientOption{
-		gate.WithAPIKey(creds.APIKey),
-		gate.WithQueryParamAuthMethod(),
-	}
-
-	client, err := gate.NewClient(creds.Host, opts...)
+	client, err := gate.NewClient(creds.Host, gate.WithAPIKey(creds.APIKey), gate.WithQueryParamAuthMethod())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize client: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/providers/gcloudiam/client.go b/plugins/providers/gcloudiam/client.go
index 15933085e..805fb42be 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/gcloudiam/client.go
+++ b/plugins/providers/gcloudiam/client.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ type iamClient struct {
 
 func newIamClient(credentialsJSON []byte, resourceName string) (*iamClient, error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-
 	cloudResourceManagerService, err := cloudresourcemanager.NewService(ctx, option.WithCredentialsJSON(credentialsJSON))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/plugins/providers/gcs/http.go b/plugins/providers/gcs/http.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 279768aa2..000000000
--- a/plugins/providers/gcs/http.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package gcs
-
-import "net/http"
-
-type HTTPClient interface {
-	Do(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
-}
diff --git a/plugins/providers/gitlab/provider.go b/plugins/providers/gitlab/provider.go
index 140b571d2..42e4b32a8 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/gitlab/provider.go
+++ b/plugins/providers/gitlab/provider.go
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ func (p *provider) getClient(pc domain.ProviderConfig) (*gitlab.Client, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decrypt credentials: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// add trace for otel instrumentation
 	client, err := gitlab.NewClient(creds.AccessToken, gitlab.WithBaseURL(creds.Host))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create gitlab client: %w", err)