diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b9095f0a1..b271a9f93 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Collate:
     'lint.R'
     'linter_tag_docs.R'
     'linter_tags.R'
+    'lintr-package.R'
     'literal_coercion_linter.R'
     'make_linter_from_regex.R'
     'methods.R'
diff --git a/R/aaa.R b/R/aaa.R
index 1e41ca672..4d197b95f 100644
--- a/R/aaa.R
+++ b/R/aaa.R
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-#' @import rex
-#' @importFrom utils tail
 #' @include utils.R
-#' @rawNamespace
-#' if (getRversion() >= "4.0.0") {
-#'   importFrom(tools, R_user_dir)
-#' } else {
-#'   importFrom(backports, R_user_dir)
-#' }
 NULL
 
 #' Available linters
diff --git a/R/commas_linter.R b/R/commas_linter.R
index 28299d485..24b0f2128 100644
--- a/R/commas_linter.R
+++ b/R/commas_linter.R
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #' @seealso
 #'   [linters] for a complete list of linters available in lintr. \cr
 #'   <https://style.tidyverse.org/syntax.html#commas>
-#' @importFrom utils head
 #' @export
 commas_linter <- function() {
   # conditions are in carefully-chosen order for performance --
diff --git a/R/cyclocomp_linter.R b/R/cyclocomp_linter.R
index 490650a36..78e647fca 100644
--- a/R/cyclocomp_linter.R
+++ b/R/cyclocomp_linter.R
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #' than this are linted. See [cyclocomp::cyclocomp()].
 #' @evalRd rd_tags("cyclocomp_linter")
 #' @seealso [linters] for a complete list of linters available in lintr.
-#' @importFrom cyclocomp cyclocomp
 #' @export
 cyclocomp_linter <- function(complexity_limit = 15L) {
   Linter(function(source_expression) {
diff --git a/R/lint.R b/R/lint.R
index e95fcd05d..9fee4c275 100644
--- a/R/lint.R
+++ b/R/lint.R
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-#' Lintr
-#'
-#' Checks adherence to a given style, syntax errors and possible semantic issues.
-#' Supports on the fly checking of R code edited with Emacs, Vim and Sublime Text.
-#' @seealso [lint()], [lint_package()], [lint_dir()], [linters]
-#' @importFrom stats na.omit
-#' @importFrom utils capture.output getParseData relist
-#' @keywords internal
-"_PACKAGE"
-
 #' Lint a file, directory, or package
 #'
 #' * `lint()` lints a single file.
diff --git a/R/lintr-package.R b/R/lintr-package.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0d4e2499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/lintr-package.R
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#' Lintr
+#'
+#' Checks adherence to a given style, syntax errors, and possible semantic issues.
+#' Supports on the fly checking of R code edited with Emacs, Vim, and Sublime Text.
+#'
+#' @seealso [lint()], [lint_package()], [lint_dir()], [linters]
+#' @keywords internal
+"_PACKAGE"
+
+## lintr namespace: start
+#' @import rex
+#' @importFrom stats na.omit
+#' @importFrom utils capture.output head getParseData relist
+#' @importFrom xml2 xml_find_all as_list
+#' @importFrom cyclocomp cyclocomp
+#' @importFrom utils tail
+#' @rawNamespace
+#' if (getRversion() >= "4.0.0") {
+#'   importFrom(tools, R_user_dir)
+#' } else {
+#'   importFrom(backports, R_user_dir)
+#' }
+## lintr namespace: end
+NULL
diff --git a/R/pipe_continuation_linter.R b/R/pipe_continuation_linter.R
index 14e2f490f..a037b4774 100644
--- a/R/pipe_continuation_linter.R
+++ b/R/pipe_continuation_linter.R
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #' @seealso
 #'   [linters] for a complete list of linters available in lintr. \cr
 #'   <https://style.tidyverse.org/pipes.html#long-lines-2>
-#' @importFrom xml2 xml_find_all as_list
 #' @export
 pipe_continuation_linter <- function() {
   # For pipelines, either the whole expression should fit on a single line, or,
diff --git a/man/lintr-package.Rd b/man/lintr-package.Rd
index 29c36a043..a88a8b4dc 100644
--- a/man/lintr-package.Rd
+++ b/man/lintr-package.Rd
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/lint.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/lintr-package.R
 \docType{package}
 \name{lintr-package}
 \alias{lintr}
 \alias{lintr-package}
 \title{Lintr}
 \description{
-Checks adherence to a given style, syntax errors and possible semantic issues.
-Supports on the fly checking of R code edited with Emacs, Vim and Sublime Text.
+Checks adherence to a given style, syntax errors, and possible semantic issues.
+Supports on the fly checking of R code edited with Emacs, Vim, and Sublime Text.
 }
 \seealso{
 \code{\link[=lint]{lint()}}, \code{\link[=lint_package]{lint_package()}}, \code{\link[=lint_dir]{lint_dir()}}, \link{linters}