diff --git a/arduino/builder/sketch_test.go b/arduino/builder/sketch_test.go
index b47a09c02cb..a8f1cb6b1b0 100644
--- a/arduino/builder/sketch_test.go
+++ b/arduino/builder/sketch_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package builder_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func tmpDirOrDie() *paths.Path {
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "builder_test")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "builder_test")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("error creating tmp dir: %v", err))
 	}
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ func TestSaveSketch(t *testing.T) {
 	sketchFile := filepath.Join("testdata", sketchName)
 	tmp := tmpDirOrDie()
 	defer tmp.RemoveAll()
-	source, err := ioutil.ReadFile(sketchFile)
+	source, err := os.ReadFile(sketchFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to read golden file %s: %v", sketchFile, err)
 	}
diff --git a/arduino/httpclient/httpclient_test.go b/arduino/httpclient/httpclient_test.go
index 010363a652d..a2dbc61c291 100644
--- a/arduino/httpclient/httpclient_test.go
+++ b/arduino/httpclient/httpclient_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package httpclient
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestUserAgentHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	response, err := client.Do(request)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.Equal(t, "test-user-agent", string(b))
diff --git a/arduino/resources/checksums.go b/arduino/resources/checksums.go
index 5e816b93c28..cadd3ea6685 100644
--- a/arduino/resources/checksums.go
+++ b/arduino/resources/checksums.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"hash"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ func computeDirChecksum(root string) (string, error) {
 
 // CheckDirChecksum reads checksum from the package.json and compares it with a recomputed value.
 func CheckDirChecksum(root string) (bool, error) {
-	packageJSON, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(root, packageFileName))
+	packageJSON, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(root, packageFileName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
diff --git a/arduino/resources/helpers_test.go b/arduino/resources/helpers_test.go
index d277cecbfcb..f8dea9abf43 100644
--- a/arduino/resources/helpers_test.go
+++ b/arduino/resources/helpers_test.go
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 package resources
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestDownloadApplyUserAgentHeaderUsingConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	//    User-Agent: arduino-cli/0.0.0-test.preview  (amd64; linux; go1.12.4) Commit:deadbeef/Build:2019-06-12 11:11:11.111
 	//    Accept-Encoding: gzip
 
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(tmp.String() + "/cache/echo.txt") // just pass the file name
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(tmp.String() + "/cache/echo.txt") // just pass the file name
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	requestLines := strings.Split(string(b), "\r\n")
diff --git a/client_example/main.go b/client_example/main.go
index f0fcceffa57..b8d801ae6c8 100644
--- a/client_example/main.go
+++ b/client_example/main.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ func main() {
 	// To avoid polluting an existing arduino-cli installation, the example
 	// client uses a temp folder to keep cores, libraries and the like.
 	// You can point `dataDir` to a location that better fits your needs.
-	dataDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "arduino-rpc-client")
+	dataDir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "arduino-rpc-client")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/configuration/configuration_test.go b/configuration/configuration_test.go
index 0282f55b641..880b40a32f2 100644
--- a/configuration/configuration_test.go
+++ b/configuration/configuration_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package configuration
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func tmpDirOrDie() string {
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "cli_test")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "cli_test")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("error creating tmp dir: %v", err))
 	}
diff --git a/i18n/cmd/commands/transifex/pull_transifex.go b/i18n/cmd/commands/transifex/pull_transifex.go
index cabfb8d6fee..b8b3cdded4c 100644
--- a/i18n/cmd/commands/transifex/pull_transifex.go
+++ b/i18n/cmd/commands/transifex/pull_transifex.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func getLanguages() []string {
 	}
 
 	defer res.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/internal/cli/cli.go b/internal/cli/cli.go
index 61a33e75464..c7f6753182f 100644
--- a/internal/cli/cli.go
+++ b/internal/cli/cli.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func preRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			DisableColors: color.NoColor,
 		})
 	} else {
-		logrus.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
+		logrus.SetOutput(io.Discard)
 	}
 
 	// set the Logger format
diff --git a/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_parser_test.go b/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_parser_test.go
index 13e10e8e79c..d3bb03b23a0 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_parser_test.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_parser_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package ctags
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func produceTags(t *testing.T, filename string) []*types.CTag {
-	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("test_data", filename))
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("test_data", filename))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	parser := CTagsParser{}
diff --git a/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_to_prototypes_test.go b/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_to_prototypes_test.go
index 94a1ae93710..e73a1312069 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_to_prototypes_test.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/ctags/ctags_to_prototypes_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package ctags
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func producePrototypes(t *testing.T, filename string, mainFile string) ([]*types.Prototype, int) {
-	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("test_data", filename))
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("test_data", filename))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	parser := &CTagsParser{}
diff --git a/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go b/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go
index 5b2ca8f1ff8..316308de429 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package gohasissues
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -84,18 +84,24 @@ func readDirNames(dirname string) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 func ReadDir(dirname string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
-	infos, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dirname)
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(dirname)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	for idx, info := range infos {
-		info, err := resolveSymlink(dirname, info)
+	infos := make([]fs.FileInfo, 0, len(entries))
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		info, err := entry.Info()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		info, err = resolveSymlink(dirname, info)
 		if err != nil {
 			// unresolvable symlinks should be skipped silently
 			continue
 		}
-		infos[idx] = info
+		infos = append(infos, info)
 	}
 
 	return infos, nil
diff --git a/legacy/builder/utils/utils.go b/legacy/builder/utils/utils.go
index c7ef7524ac0..f2a13c1f254 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/utils/utils.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/utils/utils.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -443,12 +442,17 @@ func CopyDir(src string, dst string, extensions []string) (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	entries, err := ioutil.ReadDir(src)
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
-	for _, entry := range entries {
+	for _, dirEntry := range entries {
+		entry, scopeErr := dirEntry.Info()
+		if scopeErr != nil {
+			return
+		}
+
 		srcPath := filepath.Join(src, entry.Name())
 		dstPath := filepath.Join(dst, entry.Name())