diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb2540fa..5ccb218a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ build-metadata: $(if $(findstring ui,$(BUILD_LABELS)), ui)
 	go list $(GO_CMD_TAGS) -f '{{ join .GoFiles "\n" }}' ./... | sort -u
 
 .PHONY: gen-protobuf
-gen-protobuf: check-not-freebds $(PROTOC)
+gen-protobuf: $(PROTOC)
 	$(PROTOC) --experimental_allow_proto3_optional \
 		--proto_path=$(TOP_LEVEL)/pkg/meta/proto \
 		--go_out=$(TOP_LEVEL)/pkg/meta/proto \
@@ -612,12 +612,6 @@ ifneq ($(shell go env GOOS),linux)
 	$(error makefile target can be run only on linux)
 endif
 
-.PHONY: check-not-freebds
-check-not-freebds:
-ifeq ($(shell go env GOOS),freebsd)
-  $(error makefile target can't be run on freebsd)
-endif
-
 .PHONY: check-compatibility
 check-compatibility:
 ifeq ($(OS),freebsd)
diff --git a/pkg/api/runtime.go b/pkg/api/runtime.go
index d3458166..e2c9023f 100644
--- a/pkg/api/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/api/runtime.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func DumpRuntimeParams(log log.Logger) {
 
 	err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
 	if err == nil {
-		evt = evt.Uint64("max. open files", uint64(rLimit.Cur)) //nolint: unconvert // required for *BSD
+		evt = evt.Uint64("max. open files", uint64(rLimit.Cur)) //nolint: unconvert,gosec // required for *BSD
 	}
 
 	if content, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn"); err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cli/server/stress_test.go b/pkg/cli/server/stress_test.go
index 7ef2c2c5..6a13dc30 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/server/stress_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/server/stress_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func worker(id int, zotPort, rootDir string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setMaxOpenFilesLimit(limit uint64) (uint64, error) {
+func setMaxOpenFilesLimit(limit test.RlimT) (test.RlimT, error) {
 	var rLimit syscall.Rlimit
 
 	err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
diff --git a/pkg/test/common/rlimit_freebsd.go b/pkg/test/common/rlimit_freebsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ba0347b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/test/common/rlimit_freebsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package common
+
+type RlimT = int64
diff --git a/pkg/test/common/rlimit_linux.go b/pkg/test/common/rlimit_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f1d87b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/test/common/rlimit_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package common
+
+type RlimT = uint64