diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 981c92f2a..77c5f41e0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2024 Franco Fichtner <franco@opnsense.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2025 Franco Fichtner <franco@opnsense.org>
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/Mk/plugins.mk b/Mk/plugins.mk
index b9f2b0b76..b1d3482eb 100644
--- a/Mk/plugins.mk
+++ b/Mk/plugins.mk
@@ -350,89 +350,15 @@ clean: check
 	fi
 	@rm -rf ${.CURDIR}/work
 
+COREREFDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../../../core
+
+.-include "${COREREFDIR}/Mk/lint.mk"
+
 lint-desc: check
 	@if [ ! -f ${.CURDIR}/${PLUGIN_DESC} ]; then \
 		echo ">>> Missing ${PLUGIN_DESC}"; exit 1; \
 	fi
 
-lint-shell:
-	@for FILE in $$(find ${.CURDIR}/src -name "*.sh" -type f); do \
-	    if [ "$$(head $${FILE} | grep -c '^#!\/')" == "0" ]; then \
-	        echo "Missing shebang in $${FILE}"; exit 1; \
-	    fi; \
-	    sh -n "$${FILE}" || exit 1; \
-	done
-
-lint-xml:
-	@find ${.CURDIR}/src \
-	    -name "*.xml" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 xmllint --noout
-
-lint-model:
-	@if [ -d ${.CURDIR}/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models ]; then for MODEL in $$(find ${.CURDIR}/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models -depth 3 \
-	    -name "*.xml"); do \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type and not(@type="ArrayField") and (not(Required) or Required="N") and Default]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} has a spurious default value set"; \
-		done; \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type and not(@type="ArrayField") and Default=""]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} has an empty default value set"; \
-		done; \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type and not(@type="ArrayField") and BlankDesc="None"]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} blank description is the default"; \
-		done; \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type and not(@type="ArrayField") and BlankDesc and Required="Y"]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} blank description not applicable on required field"; \
-		done; \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type and not(@type="ArrayField") and BlankDesc and Multiple="Y"]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} blank description not applicable on multiple field"; \
-		done; \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type and not(@type="ArrayField") and Multiple="N"]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} Multiple=N is the default"; \
-		done; \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type and not(@type="ArrayField") and OptionValues[default[not(@value)] or multiple[not(@value)] or required[not(@value)]]]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} option element default/multiple/required without value attribute"; \
-		done; \
-		(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type="CSVListField" and Mask and (not(MaskPerItem) or MaskPerItem=N)]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-			echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} uses Mask regex with MaskPerItem=N"; \
-		done; \
-		for TYPE in .\\AliasesField .\\DomainIPField HostnameField IPPortField NetworkField MacAddressField .\\RangeAddressField; do \
-			(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type="'$${TYPE}'" and FieldSeparator=","]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-				echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} FieldSeparator=, is the default"; \
-			done; \
-			(xmllint $${MODEL} --xpath '//*[@type="'$${TYPE}'" and AsList="N"]' 2> /dev/null | grep '^<' || true) | while read LINE; do \
-				echo "$${MODEL}: $${LINE} AsList=N is the default"; \
-			done; \
-		done; \
-	done; fi
-
-ACLBIN?=	${.CURDIR}/../../../core/Scripts/dashboard-acl.sh
-
-lint-acl: check
-.if exists(${ACLBIN})
-	@${ACLBIN} ${.CURDIR}/../../../core
-.else
-	@echo "Did not find ACLBIN, please provide a core repository"; exit 1
-.endif
-
-lint-exec: check
-.for DIR in ${.CURDIR}/src/opnsense/scripts ${.CURDIR}/src/etc/rc.d ${.CURDIR}/src/etc/rc.syshook.d
-.if exists(${DIR})
-	@find ${DIR} -type f ! -name "*.xml" -print0 | \
-	    xargs -0 -t -n1 test -x || \
-	    (echo "Missing executable permission in ${DIR}"; exit 1)
-.endif
-.endfor
-
-LINTBIN?=	${.CURDIR}/../../../core/contrib/parallel-lint/parallel-lint
-
-lint-php: check
-.if exists(${LINTBIN})
-	@if [ -d ${.CURDIR}/src ]; then ${LINTBIN} src; fi
-.else
-	@echo "Did not find LINTBIN, please provide a core repository"; exit 1
-.endif
-
-lint: lint-desc lint-shell lint-xml lint-model lint-acl lint-exec lint-php
-
 plist-fix:
 
 sweep: check