diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index 961c944a7..61d6f833b 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ OPTIONS
              COMPARING_FLOAT_FOR_EQUALITY (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_FACTORY_FUNCTION (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_FILE_CYCLOMATIC_COMPLEXITY (enabled by default),
-             COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT (enabled by default),
+             COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT (disabled by default),
              COMPONENT_INITIALIZER_WITH_SIDE_EFFECTS (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_WITH_MULTIPLE_FACTORY_METHODS (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_WITH_UNCONVENTIONAL_SUPERCLASS (enabled by default),
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ OPTIONS
              RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED (disabled by default),
              SHELL_INJECTION (enabled by default),
              SHELL_INJECTION_RISK (enabled by default),
-             SKIP_FUNCTION (enabled by default),
-             SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
+             SKIP_FUNCTION (disabled by default),
+             SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE (disabled by default),
              SQL_INJECTION (enabled by default),
              SQL_INJECTION_RISK (enabled by default),
              STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE (disabled by default),
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
index aedf32588..ccc7cc801 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ OPTIONS
              COMPARING_FLOAT_FOR_EQUALITY (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_FACTORY_FUNCTION (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_FILE_CYCLOMATIC_COMPLEXITY (enabled by default),
-             COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT (enabled by default),
+             COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT (disabled by default),
              COMPONENT_INITIALIZER_WITH_SIDE_EFFECTS (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_WITH_MULTIPLE_FACTORY_METHODS (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_WITH_UNCONVENTIONAL_SUPERCLASS (enabled by default),
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ OPTIONS
              RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED (disabled by default),
              SHELL_INJECTION (enabled by default),
              SHELL_INJECTION_RISK (enabled by default),
-             SKIP_FUNCTION (enabled by default),
-             SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
+             SKIP_FUNCTION (disabled by default),
+             SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE (disabled by default),
              SQL_INJECTION (enabled by default),
              SQL_INJECTION_RISK (enabled by default),
              STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE (disabled by default),
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
index 68185e241..9aeb0dbea 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ OPTIONS
              COMPARING_FLOAT_FOR_EQUALITY (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_FACTORY_FUNCTION (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_FILE_CYCLOMATIC_COMPLEXITY (enabled by default),
-             COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT (enabled by default),
+             COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT (disabled by default),
              COMPONENT_INITIALIZER_WITH_SIDE_EFFECTS (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_WITH_MULTIPLE_FACTORY_METHODS (enabled by default),
              COMPONENT_WITH_UNCONVENTIONAL_SUPERCLASS (enabled by default),
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ OPTIONS
              RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED (disabled by default),
              SHELL_INJECTION (enabled by default),
              SHELL_INJECTION_RISK (enabled by default),
-             SKIP_FUNCTION (enabled by default),
-             SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
+             SKIP_FUNCTION (disabled by default),
+             SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE (disabled by default),
              SQL_INJECTION (enabled by default),
              SQL_INJECTION_RISK (enabled by default),
              STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE (disabled by default),
diff --git a/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml b/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
index 1cd7d0c1f..dafa4e2df 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ let component_file_cyclomatic_complexity =
   register_from_string "COMPONENT_FILE_CYCLOMATIC_COMPLEXITY"
 
 
-let component_file_line_count = register_from_string "COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT"
+let component_file_line_count = register_from_string ~enabled:false "COMPONENT_FILE_LINE_COUNT"
 
 let component_initializer_with_side_effects =
   register_from_string "COMPONENT_INITIALIZER_WITH_SIDE_EFFECTS"
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ let eradicate_meta_class_is_nullsafe =
     ~enabled:false
 
 
-(* Class is either: 
+(* Class is either:
    - has at least one nullability issue.
    - has at least one (currently possibly hidden) issue in order to be marked as @Nullsafe.
  *)
@@ -436,9 +436,9 @@ let return_statement_missing = register_from_string "RETURN_STATEMENT_MISSING"
 
 let return_value_ignored = register_from_string ~enabled:false "RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED"
 
-let skip_function = register_from_string "SKIP_FUNCTION"
+let skip_function = register_from_string ~enabled:false "SKIP_FUNCTION"
 
-let skip_pointer_dereference = register_from_string "SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE"
+let skip_pointer_dereference = register_from_string ~enabled:false "SKIP_POINTER_DEREFERENCE"
 
 let shell_injection = register_from_string "SHELL_INJECTION"
 
diff --git a/infer/src/integration/JsonReports.ml b/infer/src/integration/JsonReports.ml
index 7f36ed2e7..fd89fd05b 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/JsonReports.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/JsonReports.ml
@@ -59,27 +59,22 @@ let loc_trace_to_jsonbug_record trace_list ekind =
       record_list
 
 
-let should_report (issue_kind : Exceptions.severity) issue_type error_desc eclass =
+let should_report issue_type error_desc eclass =
   if (not Config.filtering) || Exceptions.equal_err_class eclass Exceptions.Linters then true
   else
-    let issue_kind_is_blacklisted =
-      match issue_kind with Info -> true | Advice | Error | Like | Warning -> false
-    in
-    if issue_kind_is_blacklisted then false
-    else
-      let issue_type_is_null_deref =
-        let null_deref_issue_types =
-          let open IssueType in
-          [ field_not_null_checked
-          ; null_dereference
-          ; parameter_not_null_checked
-          ; premature_nil_termination
-          ; empty_vector_access
-          ; biabd_use_after_free ]
-        in
-        List.mem ~equal:IssueType.equal null_deref_issue_types issue_type
+    let issue_type_is_null_deref =
+      let null_deref_issue_types =
+        let open IssueType in
+        [ field_not_null_checked
+        ; null_dereference
+        ; parameter_not_null_checked
+        ; premature_nil_termination
+        ; empty_vector_access
+        ; biabd_use_after_free ]
       in
-      if issue_type_is_null_deref then Localise.error_desc_is_reportable_bucket error_desc else true
+      List.mem ~equal:IssueType.equal null_deref_issue_types issue_type
+    in
+    if issue_type_is_null_deref then Localise.error_desc_is_reportable_bucket error_desc else true
 
 
 (* The reason an issue should be censored (that is, not reported). The empty
@@ -171,7 +166,7 @@ module JsonIssuePrinter = MakeJsonListPrinter (struct
     if
       error_filter source_file err_key.err_name
       && should_report_source_file
-      && should_report err_key.severity err_key.err_name err_key.err_desc err_data.err_class
+      && should_report err_key.err_name err_key.err_desc err_data.err_class
     then
       let severity = Exceptions.severity_string err_key.severity in
       let bug_type = err_key.err_name.IssueType.unique_id in