diff --git a/lsp/golangci_lint_ls.lua b/lsp/golangci_lint_ls.lua
index 8a95035f5a..84f9e4966c 100644
--- a/lsp/golangci_lint_ls.lua
+++ b/lsp/golangci_lint_ls.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,22 @@ return {
   cmd = { 'golangci-lint-langserver' },
   filetypes = { 'go', 'gomod' },
   init_options = {
-    command = { 'golangci-lint', 'run', '--output.json.path=stdout', '--show-stats=false' },
+    command = {
+      'golangci-lint',
+      'run',
+      -- disable all output formats that might be enabled by the users .golangci.yml
+      '--output.text.path=',
+      '--output.tab.path=',
+      '--output.html.path=',
+      '--output.checkstyle.path=',
+      '--output.junit-xml.path=',
+      '--output.teamcity.path=',
+      '--output.sarif.path=',
+      -- disable stats output
+      '--show-stats=false',
+      -- enable JSON output to be used by the language server
+      '--output.json.path=stdout',
+    },
   },
   root_markers = {
     '.golangci.yml',
diff --git a/lua/lspconfig/configs/golangci_lint_ls.lua b/lua/lspconfig/configs/golangci_lint_ls.lua
index 5e82220661..109933d4e4 100644
--- a/lua/lspconfig/configs/golangci_lint_ls.lua
+++ b/lua/lspconfig/configs/golangci_lint_ls.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,22 @@ return {
     cmd = { 'golangci-lint-langserver' },
     filetypes = { 'go', 'gomod' },
     init_options = {
-      command = { 'golangci-lint', 'run', '--output.json.path=stdout', '--show-stats=false' },
+      command = {
+        'golangci-lint',
+        'run',
+        -- disable all output formats that might be enabled by the users .golangci.yml
+        '--output.text.path=',
+        '--output.tab.path=',
+        '--output.html.path=',
+        '--output.checkstyle.path=',
+        '--output.junit-xml.path=',
+        '--output.teamcity.path=',
+        '--output.sarif.path=',
+        -- disable stats output
+        '--show-stats=false',
+        -- enable JSON output to be used by the language server
+        '--output.json.path=stdout',
+      },
     },
     root_dir = function(fname)
       return util.root_pattern(