diff --git a/completion/plugin-commands-completion/src/complete.ts b/completion/plugin-commands-completion/src/complete.ts
index b2058d81e5f..3243fd24b29 100644
--- a/completion/plugin-commands-completion/src/complete.ts
+++ b/completion/plugin-commands-completion/src/complete.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export async function complete (
     } else if (ctx.completionByCommandName[input.cmd]) {
       try {
         completions = await ctx.completionByCommandName[input.cmd](input.options, input.params)
-      } catch (err) {
+      } catch {
         // Ignore
       }
     }
diff --git a/config/config/src/index.ts b/config/config/src/index.ts
index ef3507ae823..c0e9e87ea06 100644
--- a/config/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/config/config/src/index.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export async function getConfig (opts: {
     if (node.toUpperCase() !== process.execPath.toUpperCase()) {
       process.execPath = node
     }
-  } catch (err) { } // eslint-disable-line:no-empty
+  } catch { } // eslint-disable-line:no-empty
 
   if (cliOptions.dir) {
     cliOptions.dir = await realpathMissing(cliOptions.dir)
diff --git a/config/config/src/readLocalConfig.ts b/config/config/src/readLocalConfig.ts
index 397ce56c651..c96bcc9cf6c 100644
--- a/config/config/src/readLocalConfig.ts
+++ b/config/config/src/readLocalConfig.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ export async function readLocalConfig (prefix: string): Promise<LocalConfig> {
       if (typeof val === 'string') {
         try {
           config[envReplace(key, process.env)] = envReplace(val, process.env)
-        } catch (err) {
-          // ignore
-        }
+        } catch {}
       }
     }
     return config
diff --git a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/utils.ts b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/utils.ts
index ad0660e1868..bf888a4b46d 100644
--- a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/utils.ts
+++ b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/utils.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function getNodeExecPathAndTargetDir (pnpmHomeDir: string): Promise
   let nodeCurrentDir: string | undefined
   try {
     nodeCurrentDir = await fs.readlink(nodeCurrentDirLink)
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     nodeCurrentDir = undefined
   }
   return { nodePath, nodeLink: nodeCurrentDir ? getNodeExecPathInNodeDir(nodeCurrentDir) : undefined }
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts
index 00cd7ccd48c..3e2cf44921e 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ async function createExecCommandNotFoundHint (
     let nearestScript: string | null | undefined
     try {
       nearestScript = getNearestScript(programName, (await readProjectManifestOnly(opts.dir)).scripts)
-    } catch (_err) {}
+    } catch {}
     if (nearestScript) {
       return `Did you mean "pnpm ${nearestScript}"?`
     }
diff --git a/fetching/git-fetcher/src/index.ts b/fetching/git-fetcher/src/index.ts
index fded5d9a498..ff47c214d62 100644
--- a/fetching/git-fetcher/src/index.ts
+++ b/fetching/git-fetcher/src/index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function shouldUseShallow (repoUrl: string, allowedHosts: Set<string>): boolean
     if (allowedHosts.has(host)) {
       return true
     }
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     // URL might be malformed
   }
   return false
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/hoist.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/hoist.ts
index 19ea9b8d085..9788d99c818 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/hoist.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/hoist.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ test('should remove aliased hoisted dependencies', async () => {
   try {
     await resolveLinkTarget('./node_modules/dep')
     throw new Error('should have failed')
-  } catch (e) {}
+  } catch {}
 
   const modules = project.readModulesManifest()
   expect(modules).toBeTruthy()
diff --git a/pkg-manager/hoist/src/index.ts b/pkg-manager/hoist/src/index.ts
index 1155bebb3e8..757bdc52b8d 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/hoist/src/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/hoist/src/index.ts
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ async function symlinkHoistedDependency (
   let existingSymlink!: string
   try {
     existingSymlink = await resolveLinkTarget(dest)
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     hoistLogger.debug({
       skipped: dest,
       reason: 'a directory is present at the target location',
diff --git a/pkg-manager/package-requester/src/equalOrSemverEqual.ts b/pkg-manager/package-requester/src/equalOrSemverEqual.ts
index 6dc4ce6357f..a6a329b16c3 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/package-requester/src/equalOrSemverEqual.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/package-requester/src/equalOrSemverEqual.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export function equalOrSemverEqual (version1: string, version2: string): boolean
   if (version1 === version2) return true
   try {
     return semver.eq(version1, version2, { loose: true })
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     return false
   }
 }
diff --git a/pnpm/artifacts/exe/scripts/build-artifacts.ts b/pnpm/artifacts/exe/scripts/build-artifacts.ts
index 58a7390038b..2fc812cf8a9 100644
--- a/pnpm/artifacts/exe/scripts/build-artifacts.ts
+++ b/pnpm/artifacts/exe/scripts/build-artifacts.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function build (target: string) {
   }
   try {
     fs.unlinkSync(artifactFile)
-  } catch (err) {}
+  } catch {}
   execa.sync('pkg', ['../../dist/pnpm.cjs', `--config=../../package-${target}.json`], {
     cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..'),
     stdio: 'inherit',
diff --git a/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts b/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts
index da725352a11..841c408e6f3 100644
--- a/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts
+++ b/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function checkForUpdates (config: Config): Promise<void> {
   let state: State | undefined
   try {
     state = await loadJsonFile(stateFile)
-  } catch (err) {}
+  } catch {}
 
   if (
     state?.lastUpdateCheck &&
diff --git a/pnpm/src/errorHandler.ts b/pnpm/src/errorHandler.ts
index 3d2eb1a9a2e..c20f373e568 100644
--- a/pnpm/src/errorHandler.ts
+++ b/pnpm/src/errorHandler.ts
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ async function killProcesses (status: number): Promise<void> {
     for (const pid of descendentProcesses) {
       try {
         process.kill(pid)
-      } catch (err) {
+      } catch {
         // ignore error here
       }
     }
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     // ignore error here
   }
   process.exit(status)
diff --git a/pnpm/src/main.ts b/pnpm/src/main.ts
index 778c1334772..0348a8f6505 100644
--- a/pnpm/src/main.ts
+++ b/pnpm/src/main.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export async function main (inputArgv: string[]): Promise<void> {
  Target location: ${config.bin}
 `)
       }
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch {
       // if pnpm not found, then ignore
     }
   }
diff --git a/resolving/git-resolver/src/parsePref.ts b/resolving/git-resolver/src/parsePref.ts
index 22a338ca65c..e0949537bda 100644
--- a/resolving/git-resolver/src/parsePref.ts
+++ b/resolving/git-resolver/src/parsePref.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ async function fromHostedGit (hosted: any): Promise<HostedPackageSpec> { // esli
           if (response.ok) {
             fetchSpec = httpsUrl
           }
-        } catch (e) {
+        } catch {
           // ignore
         }
       }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async function isRepoPublic (httpsUrl: string): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
     const response = await fetch(httpsUrl.replace(/\.git$/, ''), { method: 'HEAD', follow: 0, retry: { retries: 0 } })
     return response.ok
-  } catch (_err) {
+  } catch {
     return false
   }
 }
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ async function accessRepository (repository: string): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
     await git(['ls-remote', '--exit-code', repository, 'HEAD'], { retries: 0 })
     return true
-  } catch (err: any) { // eslint-disable-line
+  } catch { // eslint-disable-line
     return false
   }
 }
diff --git a/store/server/test/index.ts b/store/server/test/index.ts
index f3567ca98a4..f781bcb7851 100644
--- a/store/server/test/index.ts
+++ b/store/server/test/index.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ test('disable server upload', async () => {
       sideEffectsCacheKey: fakeEngine,
       filesIndexFile,
     })
-  } catch (e) {
+  } catch {
     thrown = true
   }
   expect(thrown).toBeTruthy()
diff --git a/store/store-path/src/index.ts b/store/store-path/src/index.ts
index 6b6b02b954b..179647b215e 100644
--- a/store/store-path/src/index.ts
+++ b/store/store-path/src/index.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async function storePathRelativeToHome (pkgRoot: string, relStore: string, homed
       return storeInHomeDir
     }
     return path.join(mountpoint, '.pnpm-store', STORE_VERSION)
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     // this is an unlikely situation but if there is no way to find
     // a linkable place on the disk, create the store in homedir
     return storeInHomeDir
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async function canLinkToSubdir (fileToLink: string, dir: string): Promise<boolea
   try {
     await fs.mkdir(tmpDir, { recursive: true })
     result = await canLink(fileToLink, pathTemp(tmpDir))
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     result = false
   } finally {
     await safeRmdir(tmpDir)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function safeRmdir (dir: string): Promise<void> {
     // sometimes might not remove the temporary file in time
     // and fs.rmdir can only remove an empty directory.
     await rimraf(dir)
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
     // ignore
   }
 }
diff --git a/workspace/find-workspace-dir/test/index.ts b/workspace/find-workspace-dir/test/index.ts
index 9dd62b83806..acd11a941b1 100644
--- a/workspace/find-workspace-dir/test/index.ts
+++ b/workspace/find-workspace-dir/test/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function isFileSystemCaseSensitive () {
   try {
     fs.realpathSync.native(process.cwd().toUpperCase())
     return false
-  } catch (_) {
+  } catch {
     return true
   }
 }