diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40a25cba0..da7f58511 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 
 - Add linting for ifEmpty(null) ([#3411](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3411))
 - Fix arbitrarily nested params schema linting ([#3443](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3443))
-- fix: linting with comments after the input directive ([#3458](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3458))
+- Fix: linting with comments after the input directive ([#3458](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3458))
 - EDAM ontology fixes ([#3460](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3460))
+- Fix default linting of nf-core components when `nf-core pipelines lint` is ran ([#3480](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3480))
 
 ### Modules
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipelines/lint/__init__.py b/nf_core/pipelines/lint/__init__.py
index add22ef7c..c0bb61d3e 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipelines/lint/__init__.py
+++ b/nf_core/pipelines/lint/__init__.py
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ def run_linting(
     lint_obj._load_lint_config()
     lint_obj.load_pipeline_config()
 
-    if lint_obj.lint_config and not lint_obj.lint_config["nfcore_components"]:
+    if lint_obj.lint_config and lint_obj.lint_config["nfcore_components"] is not None:
         module_lint_obj = None
         subworkflow_lint_obj = None
     else: