diff --git a/src/Init/Data/List/BasicAux.lean b/src/Init/Data/List/BasicAux.lean
index 551cb48bea..566881697f 100644
--- a/src/Init/Data/List/BasicAux.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Data/List/BasicAux.lean
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ theorem append_cancel_right {as bs cs : List α} (h : as ++ bs = cs ++ bs) : as
     apply Nat.lt_trans ih
     simp_arith
 
-set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false in  -- #1214
 theorem le_antisymm [LT α] [s : Antisymm (¬ · < · : α → α → Prop)] {as bs : List α} (h₁ : as ≤ bs) (h₂ : bs ≤ as) : as = bs :=
   match as, bs with
   | [],    []    => rfl
diff --git a/src/Init/Prelude.lean b/src/Init/Prelude.lean
index f3e8a62d9a..1bd93fc377 100644
--- a/src/Init/Prelude.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Prelude.lean
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@ protected theorem Nat.lt_irrefl (n : Nat) : Not (LT.lt n n) :=
 protected theorem Nat.lt_of_le_of_lt {n m k : Nat} (h₁ : LE.le n m) (h₂ : LT.lt m k) : LT.lt n k :=
   Nat.le_trans (Nat.succ_le_succ h₁) h₂
 
-set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false in  -- #1214
 protected theorem Nat.le_antisymm {n m : Nat} (h₁ : LE.le n m) (h₂ : LE.le m n) : Eq n m :=
   match h₁ with
   | Nat.le.refl   => rfl
@@ -800,7 +799,6 @@ protected theorem Nat.lt_of_le_of_ne {n m : Nat} (h₁ : LE.le n m) (h₂ : Not
   | Or.inl h₃ => h₃
   | Or.inr h₃ => absurd (Nat.le_antisymm h₁ h₃) h₂
 
-set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false in  -- #1214
 theorem Nat.le_of_ble_eq_true (h : Eq (Nat.ble n m) true) : LE.le n m :=
   match n, m with
   | 0,      _      => Nat.zero_le _
diff --git a/src/Init/Util.lean b/src/Init/Util.lean
index e74e17a2f5..7c7b3a2781 100644
--- a/src/Init/Util.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Util.lean
@@ -8,16 +8,17 @@ import Init.Data.String.Basic
 import Init.Data.ToString.Basic
 
 universe u v
-set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false
 
 /-! # Debugging helper functions -/
 
+set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false in
 @[neverExtract, extern "lean_dbg_trace"]
 def dbgTrace {α : Type u} (s : String) (f : Unit → α) : α := f ()
 
 def dbgTraceVal {α : Type u} [ToString α] (a : α) : α :=
   dbgTrace (toString a) (fun _ => a)
 
+set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false in
 /-- Display the given message if `a` is shared, that is, RC(a) > 1 -/
 @[neverExtract, extern "lean_dbg_trace_if_shared"]
 def dbgTraceIfShared {α : Type u} (s : String) (a : α) : α := a
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ def dbgSleep {α : Type u} (ms : UInt32) (f : Unit → α) : α := f ()
 @[extern "lean_ptr_addr"]
 unsafe def ptrAddrUnsafe {α : Type u} (a : @& α) : USize := 0
 
+set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false in
 @[inline] unsafe def withPtrAddrUnsafe {α : Type u} {β : Type v} (a : α) (k : USize → β) (h : ∀ u₁ u₂, k u₁ = k u₂) : β :=
   k (ptrAddrUnsafe a)
 
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ unsafe def ptrEqList : (as bs : List α) → Bool
   | a::as, b::bs => if ptrEq a b then ptrEqList as bs else false
   | _, _ => false
 
+set_option linter.unusedVariables.funArgs false in
 @[inline] unsafe def withPtrEqUnsafe {α : Type u} (a b : α) (k : Unit → Bool) (h : a = b → k () = true) : Bool :=
   if ptrEq a b then true else k ()
 
diff --git a/src/Std/Data/HashMap.lean b/src/Std/Data/HashMap.lean
index 72a548517c..e9cecaeb86 100644
--- a/src/Std/Data/HashMap.lean
+++ b/src/Std/Data/HashMap.lean
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ def findEntry? [BEq α] [Hashable α] (m : HashMapImp α β) (a : α) : Option (
     let ⟨i, h⟩ := mkIdx buckets.property (hash a |>.toUSize)
     buckets.val[i].findEntry? a
 
-set_option linter.unusedVariables false in  -- #1214
 def find? [beq : BEq α] [Hashable α] (m : HashMapImp α β) (a : α) : Option β :=
   match m with
   | ⟨_, buckets⟩ =>
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ def expand [Hashable α] (size : Nat) (buckets : HashMapBucket α β) : HashMapI
   { size    := size,
     buckets := moveEntries 0 buckets.val new_buckets }
 
-set_option linter.unusedVariables false in  -- #1214
 @[inline] def insert [beq : BEq α] [Hashable α] (m : HashMapImp α β) (a : α) (b : β) : HashMapImp α β × Bool :=
   match m with
   | ⟨size, buckets⟩ =>